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Significados de milquetoast en inglés

portugués
boiola
catalán
marieta

A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.

boiola

A person who lacks courage.

Uso de milquetoast en inglés
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The pastiest milquetoast emerges ready to scale oil rigs and wrestle crocodiles.
The Irish Times
2
At part throttle, this may as well be a milquetoast Malibu sedan.
BBC
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Or will any representative do? His gaze fell on Wensicia's milquetoast husband.
Paul of dune
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Similarly milquetoast messages went out from university officials to their faculty and students.
Wired
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If we are getting a milquetoast fourth quarter what will next year look like?
Reuters
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A few weeks later, naturally enough, the poor milquetoast will be desiccated and submerged.
The Irish Times
7
Miles O'Brien released a predictably milquetoast statement through CNN.
Wired
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And that is why milquetoast concepts serve no one.
Wired
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The milquetoast drumming leaves much to be desired.
The Guardian
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Their taste in reforms has been accordingly milquetoast.
NY Magazine
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Dark though Stereotypes might have been, only a milquetoast could deny it was also truly electrifying.
The Guardian
12
This was no milquetoast nouveau riche businessman.
The bone chamber
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It also benefits from Nintendo's signature gentle playfulness and levels of technical polish, but it's all so milquetoast.
The Guardian
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For all of his plotting and metaphoric moustache-twirling, surrounded by a group of equally privileged friends, he's milquetoast.
News.com.au
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A newfound appetite for milquetoast TV?
The Guardian
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How milquetoast can you get?
Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
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