mollycoddle

The Mollycoddle also despises the Red-blood, but he cannot do without him.

To which Steve cheerfully made answer that even a mollycoddle could be decent at times!

If you want him to be a man, don't begin by making a mollycoddle of him.

No mollycoddle—but a roaring, six bottle fellow—with a big brain and a scrupulous sense of honor.