namby

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namby (plural nambies)

  1. A namby-pamby; a weakling.
    • 1999, Jonathan Strong, The Haunts of His Youth, page 169:
      “You guys are a pack of nambies.” (Raucous protests from the team.)
    • 2020, John Isaacs, My Football Diary - by William Shakespeare:
      And, also, they could stuff their real tennis and pall-mall as I abhorred them both! They were games for 'nambies', as I called the children who attended schools like Compton Wynyates.