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coddler

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cod·dle  (kdl)
tr.v. cod·dled, cod·dling, cod·dles
1. To cook in water just below the boiling point: coddle eggs.
2. To treat indulgently; baby. See Synonyms at pamper.
[Possibly alteration of caudle.]
coddler n.
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Noun1.coddler - someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
mollycoddler, pamperer, spoiler
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"


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This time, as opposed to 2004, the dirty depiction of Democrats as coddlers of terrorists did not sell.
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it's obvious that this high-minded attempt to bypass the terrorist coddlers in Afghanistan is a self-defeating farce.
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