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security blanket

  1. a small blanket or other soft cloth, as clutched or stroked by a child for the feeling of comfort and security it affords
  2. anything that gives a person a sense of safety or freedom from anxiety

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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