Piece+of+bread+sopped+in+milk

  • 1Milksop — Milk sop , n. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak minded person. Shak. [1913 Webster] To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2milksop — noun a) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person. b) A piece of bread sopped in milk …

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  • 3milksop — n. 1. Piece of bread sopped in milk. 2. Effeminate man, feeble minded man …

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  • 4sop — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of bread etc. dipped in gravy etc. 2 a thing given or done to pacify or bribe. v. (sopped, sopping) 1 intr. be drenched (came home sopping; sopping wet clothes). 2 tr. (foll. by up) absorb (liquid) in a towel etc. 3 tr. wet… …

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  • 5SOP — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of bread etc. dipped in gravy etc. 2 a thing given or done to pacify or bribe. v. (sopped, sopping) 1 intr. be drenched (came home sopping; sopping wet clothes). 2 tr. (foll. by up) absorb (liquid) in a towel etc. 3 tr. wet… …

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  • 6sop — [säp] n. [ME soppe < OE sopp < base of supan: see SUP1] 1. a piece of food, as bread, soaked in milk, gravy, etc. 2. a) something given by way of concession or appeasement b) a bribe vt. sopped …

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  • 7sop. — soprano. * * * abbrev Soprano * * * sop «sop», noun, verb, sopped, sop|ping. –n. 1. a piece of food dipped or soaked in milk, broth, or the like. 2. Figurative. something given to soothe or quiet; …

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  • 8S.O.P. — sop «sop», noun, verb, sopped, sop|ping. –n. 1. a piece of food dipped or soaked in milk, broth, or the like. 2. Figurative. something given to soothe or quiet; bribe: »Concessions are a sop to the malcontents in the organization …

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