And to such a love as this Crispin was blind--blind to the very possibility of its existence; so blind that he laughed to scorn the idea of a puny milksopbeing jealous of him.
A young lady of the present day would be alarmed to see a gentleman in such a condition; but it was a common sight in those jolly old times, when a gentleman was thought a milksop unless he was occasionally tipsy.
Then he went to the door and called out cheerfully, "Landlord, the young milksop will not rise.
She even went so far as to fight a duel in his place, one of the crew having insulted him, probably thinking him a milksop who would not resent an affront.
Although Mary thought her husband was brave enough to fight anybody, she thought that perhaps, in some ways, he was a milksop and did not understand the use of arms nearly as well as she did.
Young men with cigars in their mouths and the perfume of liquor on their breaths, shrugged their shoulders and called him a milksop because he preferred the church and Sunday school to the liquor saloon and gambling dens.
You are a greater milksop than I gave you credit for.
She is going to make that milksop of St. Gall steward of it.
And as for Grace herself, she despises that milksop as heartily as I do.
I know he thinks I’m a milksop because I haven’t his spirit, and don’t laugh when things go all wrong.
And his books are worth a dozen of your milksop Pamelas and Clarissas, Mrs. Lambert: but what woman ever loved true humour?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "milksop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
