Usually means: Overly pamper and protect someone.
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  1. mollycoddle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mollycoddle: Merriam-Webster
  3. mollycoddle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mollycoddle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mollycoddle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mollycoddle: Vocabulary.com
  7. Mollycoddle, mollycoddle: Wordnik
  8. mollycoddle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. mollycoddle: Wiktionary
  10. mollycoddle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. mollycoddle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. mollycoddle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. mollycoddle: Dictionary.com
  14. mollycoddle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. The Mollycoddle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. mollycoddle: Rhymezone
  17. mollycoddle: FreeDictionary.org
  18. mollycoddle: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. mollycoddle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Mollycoddle: The Word Detective
  21. mollycoddle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mollycoddle: Encyclopedia

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  1. mollycoddle: A Word A Day

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  1. Mollycoddle: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.

Similar:
coddle, cosset, pamper, baby, cocker, spoil, indulge, featherbed, mollycot, wanton, more...

Opposite:
toughen, strengthen, fortify, steel

Types:
cosset, pamper, baby, spoil, indulge, coddle, more...

Adjectives:
such, old, regular, awful, young, damn

Colors:
    pale pink,     baby blue,     lavender,     soft peach,     mint green, more...
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Similar:
coddle, cosset, pamper, baby, cocker, spoil, indulge, featherbed, mollycot, wanton, more...

Opposite:
toughen, strengthen, fortify, steel

Types:
cosset, pamper, baby, spoil, indulge, coddle, more...

Adjectives:
such, old, regular, awful, young, damn

Colors:
    pale pink,     baby blue,     lavender,     soft peach,     mint green, more...



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