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Security blanket

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A blanket that one uses to have a secure feeling or reduced anxiety, usually in the early years of life.
  2. 2
    a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety wordnet
  3. 3
    Any object one uses to have a sense of security or reduced anxiety.

    "That rabbit's foot is his security blanket."

  4. 4
    anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety wordnet

Etymology

From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.

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