softie

I think I saw myself as a 'softie' -- I wasn't a street-tough kid ...

Women Who Dared - Sally Mack on IMPACT ON SELF 2010

I think I saw myself as a 'softie' -- I wasn't a street-tough kid ...

Activism Answers - Women Who Dared - Jewish Women's Archive 2010

I think I saw myself as a 'softie' -- I wasn't a street-tough kid ...

Women Who Dared - Biography Sally Mack 2010

It is rather pathetic, though, that before mention of his genius and hard work, it was felt to be very important to note that he wasn't a "meanie," he was a "softie" -- "He hugged his children, bathed them when they were babies, and let them jump on the sofa, even though it was against the rules."

Pharyngula 2009

Justice secretary described as a 'softie' by tabloids over plans to simplify guidelines on sentences for murderers

Three prisons to close in coalition justice reforms 2011

However, his resistance to nuking the terrorists got him branded him as 'softie' during the presidential primaries.

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling: Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation 2008

In 1988, Brown, a former Bob Dole staffer, had grievously wounded Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis with the infamous Willie Horton commercial, which (unfairly) portrayed Dukakis as the kind of softie liberal who would set murderers free so they could kill again.

The Secret War 2008

It was especially hard for me as I started in ER & was told I was a "softie" and that I needed to get over the "newness" of it all et to toughen up my skin some more.

Why Are Graduate Nurses on Today’s Menu? Mother Jones RN 2007

I had to get into some fights to prove I wasn't a "softie" I wrote about it a bit here

Proving myself Nigerian Pilgrimage to Self 2006

He became "a creature of God" and was surrounded with something of the care and reverence with which the principal "softie" in the village was regarded.

The Captives Hugh Walpole 1912