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Treat Mollycoddle V Overindulge Excessive Attention Point Spoiling

Front Mollycoddle (v.)
Back To overindulge; to treat with excessive attention to the point of spoiling someone.

Coddle means to indulge and treat tenderly. Molly was originally a term of contempt for a man who pampered himself too much.

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