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| Dictionaries: | Sexual Dictionary | Dictionary of the F-Word |
1. A sister, especially a younger sister.
2. A mocking or insulting term of address for a man suspected of being homosexual , having homosexual tendencies, or having effeminate manners.
3. A timid or cowardly person.
4. Fearful; weak.
Quotes:
(1) Andy Devine and Buster Keaton in a promotional musical short called La Fiesta (1935):
-- Andy: ' Si, si, Señor .'
-- Buster: ' Don't call me sissy .'
(2) Sheila (Diane Baker) to David Stillwell (Gregory Peck) in Mirage (1965): ' I'm a girl . I'm supposed to be a sissy .'
(3) ' Half-a-sissy ' From the movie Easy Money (1983).
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