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Molly Coddle
(A). A pampered creature, afraid that the winds of heaven
should visit him too roughly; though a male, a Molly; not a
valetudinarian, but ever fearing lest he should be so.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Molly Coddle from Infoplease:
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