Examples of scaredy-cat in a Sentence
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Two scaredy-cats walk into Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights — and leave with a spooky new obsession.
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
scared (past participle of scare) + -y entry 1 + cat
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near scaredy-cat
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“Scaredy-cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scaredy-cat. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
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