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Cuddle

noun

A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace. Synonyms: nestle, snuggle.

verb

(past & past part. cuddled; pres. part. cuddling)

Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. Synonyms: draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle. "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"

Hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth.

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"Cuddle" Quotes from Famous Books

... the oddest story!" said Edith in deep interest. "Why, Miss Connie, I'm as sure as I am of anything that I saw that pussy playing in the moonlight. It was the sweetest little thing and I did wish it would come and cuddle by me in bed. Is it really a ghost? How ...

— The Spanish Chest • Edna A. Brown

... prairie-owls and such, until his little legs 'bout played out, when I'd hist him on his mule again. When we'd go into camp, Paul, he'd run and pick up buffalo-chips for the fire, and wanted to help all he could. Then when it came time to go to sleep, the boy would always get under my blankets and cuddle up close to me. He'd be sure to say his prayers first, though; but it seemed so strange to me who hadn't heard a prayer for thirty years. I never tried to stop him, you may be certain of that. He'd ask God to bless his pa and ma, and wind up with 'Bless Uncle John ...

— The Old Santa Fe Trail - The Story of a Great Highway • Henry Inman

... said Worby, "that dog seemed to know it was coming; he'd creep out, he would, and snuggle into the bed and cuddle right up to me shivering, and when the crying come he'd be like a wild thing, shoving his head under my arm, and I was fully near as bad. Six or seven times we'd hear it, not more, and when he'd dror out his 'ed ...

— A Thin Ghost and Others • M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James

... men you know don't spend half their time snivelling over you and the other half giving you black eyes. If you can't stand the coldness of my sort of life, and the strain of it, go back to the gutter. Work til you are more a brute than a human being; and then cuddle and squabble and drink til you fall asleep. Oh, it's a fine life, the life of the gutter. It's real: it's warm: it's violent: you can feel it through the thickest skin: you can taste it and smell it without any training or any ...

— Pygmalion • George Bernard Shaw

... live another fifty years. If thou'st a mind to spend 'em i' peace, thoud'st better give up reasoning wi' women. Give it up right now! It's worse nor drink, as a habit. Kiss 'em, cuddle 'em, beat 'em. But dunna' reason ...

— The Grim Smile of the Five Towns • Arnold Bennett

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