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dough-baked
adj 3
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1DOUGH-BAKED + NOUN
lovers
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adj
1
Imperfectly baked.
Near-synonym: half-baked
2
Not brought to perfection; unfinished.
Near-synonym: half-baked
3
Dandy but soft, and thus unmanly; dull-witted.
But as to your milksops, your dough-baked lovers, who stay at home and strut among the women, when glory is to be gained in the martial field; I despise them with all my heart.
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Near-synonym: half-baked
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Near-synonym: half-baked
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But as to your milksops, your dough-baked lovers, who stay at home and strut among the women, when glory is to be gained in the martial field; I despise them with all my heart.
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