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security blanket

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A blanket that one uses to have a secure feeling or reduced anxiety, usually in the early…

    A blanket that one uses to have a secure feeling or reduced anxiety, usually in the early years of life.

  2. Any object one uses to have a sense of security or reduced anxiety.

    • That rabbit's foot is his security blanket.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA