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Weakling

A weak or feeble creature.

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Chicken 76% connected

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

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Namby-pamby 76% connected

Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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