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fraidy-cat (n.)
"coward," by 1871, American English slang, from
'fraid
(by 1816), childish or dialectal (African, West Indies) pronunciation of
afraid
, +
cat
(n.), perhaps in reference to the animals' instinct to scatter when startled.
