Definition
To treat delicately, to baby, to coddle.
In Context
- "'A word to the wise—don't wrap him in cotton wool, because he'll resent it later."
- "But you can't wrap me in cotton wool."
- "All the Stuff the Expectant Dad Needs to Know George Lewis ... Because it must be hard,' that I even allowed myself to admit to myself that, yes, it was quite hard. ... But she didn't wrap him up in cotton wool and always tried to[…]"
- ""[…] He told me what to expect, he didn't wrap me in cotton wool, and was always a great guide who treated me the same as everybody else, which is really what I needed. He didn't treat me any differently from the male managers in his team. I got a bollocking the same way everyone else did!""