1. a person who treats someone with excessive care or indulgence; one who coddles
2. a small container or cup used for cooking eggs in hot water without boiling them
Usage: also called an egg coddler

Examples

• The coach refused to be a coddler and pushed his players to work harder.
• Her parents were known as coddlers who gave their children everything they wanted.
• She placed the egg in the porcelain coddler and set it in hot water.
• The antique coddler from England was a beautiful addition to her kitchen collection.
• He was tired of being treated like a child by his overprotective coddler of a mother.
• The recipe called for cooking the eggs in a coddler for exactly three minutes.