softie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Not that they're ever likely to be renamed Softie Dan.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2017
The crisis in Stilwell's struggles with "Peanut" and "Old Softie" came in September 1944.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his diary and letters Stilwell usually refers to Chiang Kai-shek as "Peanut" and Roosevelt as "Old Softie."
From Time Magazine Archive
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