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Cosset   /kˈɑsət/   Listen
Cosset

verb
1.
Treat with excessive indulgence.  Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil.  "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"






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"Cosset" Quotes from Famous Books



... milk-and-water looking thing she is," said Alice More; "they had better have kept their cosset at home; she will be calling, 'ma! ma!' ...
— Be Courteous • Mrs. M. H. Maxwell

... porly. When Massa Jim goes, 'pears like takin' de light right out her eyes. Dat ar' boy trains roun' arter his mudder like a cosset, he does. Lor', de house seems so still widout him!—can't a fly scratch his ear but it starts a body. Missy Marvyn she sent down, an' says, would you an' de Doctor an' Miss Mary please come ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, Issue 17, March, 1859 • Various

... my dearest. I want you to be particularly agreeable to our young friend, la Peyrade. There's a friend, indeed! you'll soon have proofs of that! If you love me, cosset him well." ...
— The Lesser Bourgeoisie • Honore de Balzac



Words linked to "Cosset" :   treat, handle, do by



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