coddle
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What coddlers are missing with their brand of empathy is respect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
According to Royal Worcester, a centuries-old British porcelain producer famed for its egg coddlers, there's no record of who exactly invented the technique.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2023
Using tongs or another tool to grab them, carefully remove the coddlers from the water, wrap them in a clean dish towel, and use said towel to help you remove the lids.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2023
After recently receiving a set of coddlers much like the ones that I grew up eating from, my love for this often-overlooked egg preparation was revived.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2023
If coddling is done, however, they like to pick their coddlers.
From Nonsenseorship by Putnam, G. G.
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