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Thursday, December 8, 2011
July 19, 1805
On page 166, Captain Clark says to Captain Lewis, "I said my feet will be fine, Merriwether! I will not be coddled."
What do you think it means to "coddle" someone? Why do you think this?
I think it means forced to do something.
ReplyDeleteBy context I think it means to be babied or being noticed by everybody in a awkward way.
ReplyDeleteI think to be coddled means to be told to do something or to be babied.
ReplyDeleteI think it means to be babied.
ReplyDeletei think coddled means babied
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