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Coddle   Listen
verb
Coddle  v. t.  (past & past part. coddled; pres. part. coddling)  (Written also codle)  
1.
To parboil, or soften by boiling. "It (the guava fruit) may be coddled."
2.
To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper. "How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas!" "He (Lord Byron) never coddled his reputation."





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"Coddle" Quotes from Famous Books



... never to take them off without special permission, for he was too delicate to run the risk of damping his feet. Elsie and Duncan thought it great nonsense, and both pitied and despised Robbie for being such a miserable molly-coddle. ...
— Little Folks (July 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
... not your kind; you're best wi' your fine aunt to coddle you—go back to your grand house an' servants, young ...
— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol


Words linked to "Coddle" :   mollycoddle, spoil, preparation, treat, do by, cosset, featherbed, handle, cook, pamper, cookery, cocker


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