cossetted

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So Philippe and Joseph were cossetted, and the old gambler in the Imperial Lottery of France (like others who have a vice or a weakness to atone for) cooked them nice little dinners with plenty of sweets.

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  • If nationalization means that previously cossetted Anglo borrowers are now going to be pursued energetically, it may prove to have been a good thing. —  Irish Blogs
  • Among the unwilling are young Saudis, many of whom have led cossetted lives that allowed them to enjoy the benefits of these jobs 'being done, but never spent much thought about who performed them. —  Crossroads Arabia
  • They could just return to their cossetted existence inside an academic institution and leave the hard work to real people. —  Neptunus Lex
  • In recent months I've been on a couple of the A380s, which have, in economy, cossetted me in a level of comfort and space that has made me think the only benefits in going business class would be getting my luggage quicker on the conveyor belt. —  Kottu
  • We need a new Thatcherite political figure to stand up to the unions and the cossetted sections of the Irish economy. —  The Cedar Lounge Revolution
 

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