mollycoddle
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mollycoddle
- /ˈmɒl.ɪˌkɒd.əl/ UK
- /ˈmɑl.iˌkɑd.əl/ US
Rhymes with -ɒdəl
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From molly + coddle.
noun mollycoddles
- A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected. You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women.
verb mollycoddles · mollycoddling · mollycoddled
- To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper. Heerendorp by this means obtained an evil notoriety, and it was ordered to be burnt, and the women of Jacob's family to be transferred to a concentration camp where they would be mollycoddled at the expense of the English taxpayer.
