Definition of Codding

1. a. Lustful.

Definition of Codding

1. Verb. (present participle of cod) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Codding

1. cod [v] - See also: cod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Codding

cod's wallop
cod-banger
cod-bangers
cod-liver oil
cod liver oil
cod oil
coda
codabilities
codability
codable
codalike
codas
codded
codder
codders
codding (current term)
coddle
coddled
coddled egg
coddler
coddlers
coddles
coddling
code
code-behind
code-switching
code block
code enforcement
code face
code flag

Literary usage of Codding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Agitators: Or, Pen Portraits of Living American Reformers by David W. Bartlett (1855)
"Certain enemies of Mr. codding, especially in the west, have endeavored to injure ... In that place and its vicinity I spent several days with Mr. codding, ..."

2. Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Fish (1905)
"LETTER TO I. codding SPRINGFIELD, November 27, 1854 DEAR SIR: Your note of the 13th requesting my attendance on the Republican State Central Committee, ..."

3. Men and Events of Forty Years: Autobiographical Reminiscences of an Active by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, Henry Webster Parker (1891)
"Wisconsin Prairies— codding, the Abolition Orator— The Home of the Badger— A Volume—A Return EaM—A Student in Auburn Theological Seminary — First Call to ..."

4. The New York Supreme Court Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of by Isaac Grant Thompson, Robley D. Cook (1874)
"The case was this: William T. codding died June 1, 1860, and left a will in which William C. codding and Thomas Newman were appointed executors. ..."

5. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many by Duane Hamilton Hurd (1883)
"Both Mr. and Mrs. James codding spent their last days with their son Abiel ... Mr. codding was a well- to-do farmer in Attleborough, where he lived for more ..."

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