"lily-livered" meaning in English

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          "text": "Ste[ward]. What doſt thou know me for? / Kent. […] [A] Lilly-liuered, action-taking knave, […] one that would'ſt be a Baud in way of good ſeruice, and art nothing but the compoſition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, […]",
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          "text": "But as for that lily-livered sneak—that poor lyin' swindlin' cringin' cur of a Clavering—who stands in my shoes—stands in my shoes, hang him!",
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          "text": "Ho! Then you do your best, Lillie. No one could call you lily-livered!"
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        "(idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage."
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          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
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          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
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          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
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          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
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          "text": "Ste[ward]. What doſt thou know me for? / Kent. […] [A] Lilly-liuered, action-taking knave, […] one that would'ſt be a Baud in way of good ſeruice, and art nothing but the compoſition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, […]",
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