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coddle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coddle/ˈkɒdl/

▶verb

1 treat in an indulgent or overprotective way.

2 cook (an egg) in water below boiling point.

– derivatives
coddler noun.

– origin C16: origin uncertain; sense 1 is prob. a dial. var. of obs. caudle ‘administer invalids' gruel’.

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