security blanket
English edit
Etymology edit
From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.
Noun edit
security blanket (plural security blankets)
- A blanket that one uses to have a secure feeling or reduced anxiety, usually in the early years of life.
- Any object one uses to have a sense of security or reduced anxiety.
- That rabbit's foot is his security blanket.
Translations edit
blanket used to produce secure feeling
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any object used to produce sense of security
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