namby-pamby vs sook

namby-pamby

noun
  • One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak. 

  • Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. 

adj
  • Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy. 

  • Insipid and sentimental. 

verb
  • To coddle. 

sook

noun
  • A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward. 

  • A cow or sheep. 

  • A poddy calf. 

  • A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking. 

  • A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). 

  • Familiar name for a calf. 

  • Familiar name for a cow. 

intj
  • A call for cattle. 

  • A call for cattle or sheep. 

  • A call for calves. 

verb
  • simple past tense of seek 

How often have the words namby-pamby and sook occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )