subs. (B. E.).—1. A question.
2. (old).—A milksop, a poltroon, a WHITE-LIVER (q.v.): ‘I’m no STARTER’ = ‘I shan’t flinch’ (B. E. and GROSE).
c. 1604. HEYWOOD, If You Know Not Me [PEARSON, Works, i. 213].
| Suss. Nay, nay, you need not bolt and lock so fast; | |
| She is no STARTER. |
