Usually means: Excessive pampering, overprotective, indulgent care.
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  1. mollycoddling: Merriam-Webster
  2. mollycoddling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. mollycoddling: Vocabulary.com
  4. mollycoddling: Wordnik
  5. mollycoddling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. mollycoddling: Wiktionary
  7. mollycoddling: Dictionary.com
  8. mollycoddling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Mollycoddling: World Wide Words

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▸ noun:  An act of excessive pampering.

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coddle, cosset, pamper, baby, cocker, spoil, indulge, featherbed, overprotection, nannying, more...

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coddle, cosset, pamper, baby, cocker, spoil, indulge, featherbed, overprotection, nannying, more...



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