"chicken liver" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-chicken liver.ogg [Australia] Forms: chicken livers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chicken liver (countable and uncountable, plural chicken livers)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, liver. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: chicken-liver
    Sense id: en-chicken_liver-en-noun-joeLJS6g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4
  2. (slang) A coward. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chicken_liver-en-noun-T3Wsec-l

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          "ref": "2005, A State of Mind, My Story, page 26",
          "text": "The boys were becoming irritable and fistfights broke out. Between shouted threats and name calling — \"turkey breath\"; \"frog face\"; \"stupid turd\"; \"just try ... I dare you, chicken liver\" — I had come to the conclusion that prison life was not working for the inmates […]",
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          "text": "“Show yourselves, you chicken livers.” He repeatedly yelled tauntingly into the Zipper's megaphone. “Come, they will be dying soon. Are you just going to watch? Come, save them. It is their only chance.”",
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