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Definition of Mollycoddled
1. mollycoddle [v] - See also: mollycoddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mollycoddled
Literary usage of Mollycoddled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"Deger.prate, mollycoddled town-life. World's Work. 16: 10172-3. My. 'OS.
Urban Influence In literature. Harner. 117: 161-4. Je. 'OS. City building. ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"... mollycoddled around here. You are a fraud, and I am going to write to your
father! Then no South America for you, but back you '11 go to college! ..."
3. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1907)
"As a rule, institution children are mollycoddled to a ridiculous extent. I remember
a fourteen- year-old boy who, picking berries one hot, dewy morning, ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"The last thing in the world John Bull wants is to be mollycoddled. The people
must be told exactly what the position is, and then we can ask them to help. ..."
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