verb, (common).—To pamper. Also MODDLEY-CODDLEY.
1870. DICKENS, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, ii. Don’t MODDLEY-CODDLEY, there’s a good fellow. I like anything better than being MODDLEY-CODDLEYED.
1895. Referee, 29 Dec., p. 5, col. 2. Who treats of MOLLY-CODDLING regulations.
