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tender loving care

Also, TLC. Solicitous and compassionate care, as in These houseplants sure have had tender loving care, or Older house for sale, needs some renovation and TLC. Originally used to describe the work of care-givers such as nurses, this term today is often used ironically or euphemistically. [Second half of 1900s]

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tendentious, tendentiously, tender, tender age, tender is the night, tender loving care, tender mercies, tender offer, tender-hearted, tender-minded, tenderable
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