Definition of Mollycoddled

1. Verb. (past of mollycoddle) ¹

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Definition of Mollycoddled

1. mollycoddle [v] - See also: mollycoddle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mollycoddled

mollusk family
mollusk genus
mollusk venoms
molluskan
molluskans
molluskicidal
molluskicide
molluskicides
mollusklike
mollusks
molly-guard
molly-mawk
molly-mawks
mollycoddle
mollycoddled (current term)
mollycoddler
mollycoddlers
mollycoddles
mollycoddling
mollydooker
mollydookers
mollymawk
mollymawks
moloch
molochs
moloi
moloney leukaemia virus

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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