Wimp (1917) (standard sense?)

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Mon Apr 11 02:49:38 UTC 2005


Here is "wimp" possibly in the "coward" sense:

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_Lima Sunday News_ (Lima OH), 4 Nov. 1917: p. 16:

[Women's suffrage]

<<Any woggle-eyed wimp who isn't willing to let his wife exercise the
franchise is a Siberian weakfish. Them's our sentiments.>>

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-- Doug Wilson



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