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coddling - definition and meaning
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adverb verb coddle .
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Try to rest, enjoy some tea and cookies (and chocolate) and some coddling from the good husband.
Put To The Test | Her Bad Mother 2007
West said Castor bowed to political correctness in coddling Al-Arian.
October 2004 2004
Well I've gone through the gates of a federal pen to write a magazine article and there wasn't much of anything I'd characterize as coddling , most frightening place I've ever been.
Archive 2008-09-01 CC 2008
Many children by such coddling , which is intended to prevent them catching cold, are rendered delicate and susceptible to chills.
Papers on Health John Kirk
He says he and his bother Joseph have about 20 bat houses scattered over their 400 acres of walnut trees near Winters, Calif., primarily to get rid of a common pest called the coddling moth.
The Seattle Times 2011
Far from "coddling " the industry, Rep. Miller's legislation would help rectify this by establishing a new guarantee program for lenders who provide construction loans to builders with viable projects and track records of success.
Guarantees Will Aid Construction Recovery 2010
Any sort of meaningful program that might actually help an inmate make it on the outside is gutted as prisoner "coddling ," assuring high recidivism.
Mark Olmsted: Crime and Punishment: Perception vs. Reality 2009
Stressing education, drug treatment, and job placement isn't about "coddling " criminals, it's about expanding the tax base and reducing the very poverty that causes the vast majority of crime in the first place.
Mark Olmsted: Crime and Punishment: Perception vs. Reality 2009
Los Angeles schools chief Ramon Cortines said Thursday that he's done "coddling " under-performing teachers and plans to streamline district operations to ensure sub-par educators are ...
Dennis Danziger: Two Creative Artist Agency Agents Play It Forward 2009
By "coddling " illegals he breaks the 8th Commandment by stealing from tax payers.
New Attack Flier: Huckabee Isn't A Conservative ��� Or A Christian! 2009
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