mamby-pamby in English

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      "form": "more mamby-pamby",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "2010, Geico Drill Sergeant Therapist (commercial)",
          "text": "Maybe we should chug on over to mamby-pamby land where maybe we can find some self confidence for you, you jackwagon!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Dixie: Never Wimps Out (commercial)",
          "text": "This ain't some mamby-pamby paper plate. It's Dixie Ultra. Strong enough to look a ribeye straight in the eye.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of namby-pamby."
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  "word": "mamby-pamby"
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more mamby-pamby",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mamby-pamby",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mamby-pamby (comparative more mamby-pamby, superlative most mamby-pamby)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2010, Geico Drill Sergeant Therapist (commercial)",
          "text": "Maybe we should chug on over to mamby-pamby land where maybe we can find some self confidence for you, you jackwagon!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Dixie: Never Wimps Out (commercial)",
          "text": "This ain't some mamby-pamby paper plate. It's Dixie Ultra. Strong enough to look a ribeye straight in the eye.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of namby-pamby."
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "mamby-pamby"
}

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"mamby-pamby" meaning in English

Adjective