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olid
sook
zymic
meed
pica

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PRONUNCIATION:

(rhymes with book)

MEANING:

noun: A timid or coward person; a crybaby.

ETYMOLOGY:

Probably from English dialect suck. Earliest documented use: 1933.

USAGE:

"I usually put on a brave face. I didn't want anyone to think I was a sook."
Rosemary Howden; Episodes from a Fractured Childhood; Ginninderra Press; 2008.

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