namby

English

Noun

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.