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Kid Berwyn

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6. Lilly Liverator

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 03:45 PM

Dec 2025

"Lily-livered" (cowardly) comes from medieval beliefs that the liver, a source of courage, would be pale like a lily if it lacked blood, meaning the person had no spirit or bravery, with the term first appearing in print around 1605 in Shakespeare's Macbeth. - A.I. McGoogle

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ICE GREETED AS LIVERATORS IN MINNEAPOLIS [View all] orangecrush Dec 2025 OP

Good, we are teaching each other about what to do. mysteryowl Dec 2025 #1

It is sad orangecrush Dec 2025 #3

ICE pepper sprayed my nephew in Minneapolis iemanja Dec 2025 #2

It is inspiring orangecrush Dec 2025 #4

Really great to see that! The American people can beat ICE. Jim__ Dec 2025 #5

Lilly Liverator Kid Berwyn Dec 2025 #6

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I noticed there are some... 2naSalit Dec 2025 #9

I just bought two whistles and... littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 #10

Steel toes help in that department. KS Toronado Dec 2025 #12

Always address them as Nazi's. Mr. Evil Dec 2025 #11