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mollycoddles

mollycoddles is the plural of mollycoddle.

Meaning of mollycoddle

Noun

mollycoddle (plural mollycoddles)

  1. (archaic) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
    • You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 32, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

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Questions about mollycoddles

What is mollycoddles the plural of?
Mollycoddles is the plural of mollycoddle.

Words near mollycoddles in the dictionary

  1. mollyblobs
  2. mollycoddle
  3. mollycoddled
  4. mollycoddler
  5. mollycoddlers
  6. mollycoddles
  7. mollycoddling
  8. mollycoddlings
  9. mollycot
  10. mollycots
  11. mollydook

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