The pacifist "mollycoddle," as Theodore Roosevelt dubbed him in his. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
Taft's predecessor, Teddy Roosevelt, clearly was not a big fan, lumping baseball in with what he called "mollycoddle" games. From Wordnik.com. [President Obama lobs one up for tradition] Reference
If he repudiated these ideas, then Jonas would denounce him as a "mollycoddle," a "pink tea Socialist," a "labor faker.". From Wordnik.com. [100% : The Story of a Patriot] Reference
"These are not people you can mollycoddle," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Troubled Heart of Pakistan] Reference
She didn't try to mollycoddle anyone's feelings, either. From Wordnik.com. [So Hard To Forget]
Not to pamper students, not to mollycoddle them-just the reverse. From Wordnik.com. [Living and Learning in School] Reference
He didn't mollycoddle or pity her, which she would have found untenable. From Wordnik.com. [The Thrill of Victory]
But the code of silence is preserved by people who blame victims and mollycoddle offenders. From Wordnik.com. [My Report report] Reference
Those who would mollycoddle the Charlottesville suspects are not doing society a favor, either. From Wordnik.com. [First CHS/UVa Attacker Charged and Sentenced at cvillenews.com] Reference
It is not the making of the physical “mollycoddle” we need fear, but of the mental and moral one. From Wordnik.com. [“The Boy Crisis” part 2: Boy Brains and Girl Brains] Reference
I can't stand it all the time being a mollycoddle. From Wordnik.com. [The Job An American Novel] Reference
No, it's agents who "stifle and mollycoddle" players. From Wordnik.com. [Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Prince is a mollycoddle beside your ideal modern statesman. From Wordnik.com. [David Malcolm] Reference
He thinks of the religious man as a milksop, a mollycoddle. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time] Reference
We didn't bring the boy out here to make a mollycoddle of him. From Wordnik.com. [Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)] Reference
You see, "he explained patiently," I'm no mollycoddle or jelly-fish. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Road] Reference
I am sure I don't want to make a mollycoddle, as you call it, of him. From Wordnik.com. [Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)] Reference
The embellishments may role of a choking threaten to your mollycoddle. From Wordnik.com. [blogTO] Reference
There is no longer any need to mollycoddle in our outreach to Singaporeans. From Wordnik.com. [TODAYonline] Reference
My! And they say he's the most awful mollycoddle -- looks just like a girl. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
But how long will it take you to write that play for your mollycoddle poet?. From Wordnik.com. [Over Paradise Ridge A Romance] Reference
Reading: There's a wonderful post up at mollycoddle ... a reminder to be. From Wordnik.com. ["BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader] Reference
"You have bred a man, sir, not a mollycoddle," said the young laird quietly. From Wordnik.com. [Kindred of the Dust] Reference
Sorry, Jimmy, but we do mollycoddle our prisoners compared to most countries. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
To which Steve cheerfully made answer that even a mollycoddle could be decent at times!. From Wordnik.com. [Left End Edwards] Reference
So, though November was raw, she maintained her discipline and refused to mollycoddle us. From Wordnik.com. [Explorers of the Dawn] Reference
Once in Calcutta, the young subaltern lost no time in proving that he was not a mollycoddle. From Wordnik.com. [Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers] Reference
I was right in refusing to mollycoddle him or put up with any of his callow, unbaked impudence. From Wordnik.com. [The Younger Set] Reference
You must not think that Inga was a mollycoddle or a prig, because he was so solemn and studious. From Wordnik.com. [Rinkitink in Oz] Reference
I wish to deprive those whom I put in the mollycoddle class, of any argument against good sport. From Wordnik.com. [African and European Addresses] Reference
Commentator wrote: Sorry, Jimmy, but we do mollycoddle our prisoners compared to most countries. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
To speak of the Scotch as having certain exclusive characteristics is to be a mental mollycoddle. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen] Reference
But China continues to mollycoddle Kim and would veto any resolution that had any real teeth to it. From Wordnik.com. [Vindy.com stories: Vindy.com Newswatch » Breaking News from around Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana Ohio] Reference
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