Definition of "hen-hearted" [hen•-heart•ed]

• Cowardly; timid (adjective)

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• "The hen-hearted rascal is so cowardly that he berays himself for fear every day."
• "But damn ye altogether for a pack of crafty rascals, and you, who serve them, for a parcel of hen-hearted numbskulls!"
• "'No, no; I understand,' said her hostess: 'you are hen-hearted over your adopted brood."