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Definition of Featherbed

a mattress stuffed with feathers
hire more workers than are necessary
treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let''s not mollycoddle our students!"

Similar Words: feather bed, pamper, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge

Derivational Morphology: indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring, pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler, mollycoddle, baby, babe, infant

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