coddle
verb (used with object)
to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper.
coddler
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a word derived from
coddle.
Example Sentences
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These are all great options for yielding a tender, buttery egg if you don't have — or can't get your hands on — a coddler.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2023
To make coddled eggs, you'll need, as the name suggests, an egg coddler.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2023
Such humility was endearing, but Zinsser was not a coddler.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2015
No coddler of employees, Crown Zellerbach thinks workers should shoulder more responsibility.
From Time Magazine Archive
And you say that, you—you landlubber, you office coddler!
From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
