"lily-livered" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016, Pokémon Sun and Moon, Hapu to Lillie",
          "text": "Ho! Then you do your best, Lillie. No one could call you lily-livered!"
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        "Cowardly, lacking courage."
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        "(idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "strahliv",
          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
          "word": "страхлив"
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          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
          "word": "малодушен"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
          "word": "laf"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
          "word": "lafhartig"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
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          "roman": "truslívyj",
          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
          "word": "трусли́вый"
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          "roman": "bojahúzlyvyj",
          "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
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      "roman": "strahliv",
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      "word": "страхлив"
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      "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
      "word": "laf"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
      "word": "lafhartig"
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      "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
      "word": "poltron"
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      "roman": "truslívyj",
      "sense": "cowardly — see also cowardly",
      "word": "трусли́вый"
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