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coddle definition

cod·dle (käd′'l)

transitive verb coddled -·dled, coddling -·dling

  1. to cook (esp. eggs in the shell) gently by heating in water not quite at boiling temperature
  2. to treat (an invalid, baby, etc.) tenderly

Etymology: prob. < caudle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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