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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mol-ee-kod-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒl iˌkɒd l |
Definition of mollycoddle
Origin :- also molly-coddle, 1870, from a noun (1833) meaning "one who coddles himself," from Molly (pet name formation from Mary), which had been used contemptuously since 1754 for "a milksop, an effeminate man," + coddle (q.v.). Related: Mollycoddled; mollycoddling.
- verb pamper
- But to the Mollycoddle she apportions dyspepsia and black bile.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- Nations, like men, may be classified roughly as Red-blood and Mollycoddle.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- The Mollycoddle engenders ideas, and the Red-blood exploits them.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- To be born a Mollycoddle in America is to be born to a hard fate.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- The Mollycoddle also despises the Red-blood, but he cannot do without him.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- Still, primarily, the Mollycoddle is a critic, not a man of action.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- The Red-blood joins societies; the Mollycoddle is a non-joiner.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- Then comes the Mollycoddle, divining all, possessing and offering all.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- He despises her because of the Mollycoddle he divines in her.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- Hence the fact, noted by a cynic, that it is the Mollycoddle who cuckolds the Red-blood.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
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