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  • noun Plural form of softie.

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Examples

  • Israel started life with a wish "to be a light unto nations" and now its citizens are becoming hardened to the facts of life in this tragic area - I blame that hardness entirely on the Arabs - We Jews have always been "softies" - do you know any?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • These "softies" will also act as ambassadors to the local community, persuading people who live on the estates in south London that the "high culture" of the Southbank Centre is for them as well as Daily Telegraph readers.

    Is this the Most Stupid Headline Ever? 2009

  • These "softies" will also act as ambassadors to the local community, persuading people who live on the estates in south London that the "high culture" of the Southbank Centre is for them as well as Daily Telegraph readers.

    Is this the Most Stupid Headline Ever? 2009

  • He spends most of his time bashing Quebecois and European players as being "softies" who don't get into enough fights!

    Archive 2008-11-01 gay person of color 2008

  • He spends most of his time bashing Quebecois and European players as being "softies" who don't get into enough fights!

    Gay Marriage, the NHL, Breakfast with Scot, Prop 8 gay person of color 2008

  • (ANCYL) of being "softies" after the ANCYL failed to take part in a live television debate on affirmative action (AA).

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Each spring, blue crabs along the East Coast shed their hard outer shells, becoming what chefs and watermen call "softies," or soft-shell crabs.

    IN SEASON: FEELING CRABBY 2007

  • He said the African National Congress were "softies" when it came to crime prevention and had not set set the right example by, for example, releasing prisoners on President Nelson Mandela's 80th birthday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • "soft" vs. "hard," whatever that is supposed to mean, but the sad fact that, for the most part, those so-called softies are more politically aware and more willing to participate in politics than their "hard" brethren, who, like most citizens, are more likely to hide in their quiet corners and let others do the messy and hazardous work of exerting pressures against stupidity and folly.

    Dissent the Blog 2009

  • The Sergeant looked at Marny, relaxed the scowl about his eyebrows, and smiled; such "softies" seemed rare to him.

    The Under Dog Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

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