coaxer
Example Sentences
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Directors of movies with kid actors have to be parent and disciplinarian, coach and coaxer to their young stars.
From Time Magazine Archive
She remembers rookie director Wright as "a great coaxer," and took acting notes from her costar, who she calls "an exquisite performer."
From Time Magazine Archive
The one guardian is a narrow-minded tyrant, the other, Winckel's brother, a merchant, a frivolous coaxer.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan
Frank sent up a coaxer, but Derry refused to be coaxed.
From Frank Merriwell at Yale by Standish, Burt L.
Miss Prudence was sure she had never "spoiled" anybody, but she began to fear that this irresistible little coaxer might prove a notable exception.
From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Maria, Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin
