Definitions
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- noun One who
coddles (treats with excess care).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
Etymologies
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Examples
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So, by not challenging the energy-based status quo in the Mid-east, what kind of coddler does that make Bush?
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So, by not challenging the energy-based status quo in the Mid-east, what kind of coddler does that make Bush?
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I really expected I would be a "coddler", one of those gentle sorts who leaps into empathetic action at the slightest little bump or sniffle.
Rocks In My Dryer 2009
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"Stephen Colbert's Fear For All" consisted of Colbert interviewing a gay editor, a Muslim imam, a Mexican man, a "grizzly coddler" and a man who Colbert believes to be a robot.
Colbert Faces His Fears Before The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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"Stephen Colbert's Fear For All" consisted of Colbert interviewing a gay editor, a Muslim imam, a Mexican man, a "grizzly coddler" and a man who Colbert believes to be a robot.
Colbert Faces His Fears Before The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Unfortunately, too often in Massachusetts, anyone who tries to be a voice of reason on the matter is called soft on crime or a criminal coddler.
Paul Heroux: Republicans "Right on Crime" Paul Heroux 2011
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"Stephen Colbert's Fear For All" consisted of Colbert interviewing a gay editor, a Muslim imam, a Mexican man, a "grizzly coddler" and a man who Colbert believes to be a robot.
Colbert Faces His Fears Before The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear (VIDEO) Katla McGlynn 2010
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Because anyone on the left (or anyone who wants a liberal president with a semblance of testicles, rather than a spineless Wall Street-coddler like Barry) is clearly just a bitter PUMA.
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Time magazine, the voice of Henry Luce—flirter with fascism, hater of Roosevelt, coddler of the plutocracy—took the lead in savaging Butler.
Devil Dog David Talbot 2010
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A good well-weighted knife, a banneton for proving bread, an egg-coddler, a heat-diffusing ring, a meat thermometer — these sorts of things may not scream of glamour, but two of my dearest possessions are my big Le Creuset casserole and a vintage ceramic mixing bowl, both presents from my fianc é e.
Why Presents Needn Sam Leith 2010
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