Gizzardless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɪzə(ɹ)d.lɪs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gizzardless is an adjective meaning Without a gizzard; without guts or innards.
Meaning
Without a gizzard; without guts or innards.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Lacking courage, cowardly.
Example Sentences
"Heave harder on that peavy handle, you gizzardless scissor-bill, or I'll put the calks to you!"
If you think you're in pain now, just wait until you see what tomorrow brings, you gizzardless coward.
No matter what happened to any one else, Candace had to be pleased: for did not she so manage that most fowls served on mother's table went gizzardless to the carving?
This bird has the distinguishing feature of being unlike any of the grouse family, being gizzardless, having no muscular development of that character, but a membranous sac in its place.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gumptionless, agastric, gristleless, ungirdled, ungilled, stomachless.
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