mollycoddle noun an effeminate man, especially an effeminate homosexual man UK,1833
There were no real two-fisted drinkers any more–only molly-coddles who sipped half-heartedly at their drinks and then went on about their business. — Jim Thompson, BadBoy, p. 302, 1953
You think religion is for suckers and easy marks and mollycoddles, huh? — ElmerGantry, 1960