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Definition of "mollycoddle" [mollycoddle]

  • To be overprotective and indulgent toward. See Synonyms at pamper. (verb-transitive)
  • A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mollycoddle" in a sentence
  • ""Why, sir," said Jupp, scratching his head reflectively -- he had left his cap under the elm-tree on top of the hill, where he had taken it off when he set about building the fire for the kettle -- "a mollycoddle is a sort of chap as always wraps hisself up keerfully for fear the wind should blow upon him and hurt his complexion.""
  • "Taft's predecessor, Teddy Roosevelt, clearly was not a big fan, lumping baseball in with what he called "mollycoddle" games."
  • "The pacifist "mollycoddle," as Theodore Roosevelt dubbed him in his"