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Coined in 1725 by satirist Henry Carey, what hyphenated, child-like nickname was originally invented to mock the sentimental, infantile poetry of Ambrose Philips, but evolved over the centuries to describe anything weakly sentimental, spineless, or indecisive? (5,5)
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