See security blanket on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.",
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"A blanket that provides one with a sense of security or alleviates one’s anxiety, typically during early childhood."
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"(literal) A blanket that provides one with a sense of security or alleviates one’s anxiety, typically during early childhood."
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"text": "That rabbit’s foot is his security blanket.",
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"(figurative) Any object that gives one a sense of security or alleviates one’s anxiety."
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],
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"sense": "blanket used to produce a secure feeling",
"word": "turvariepu"
},
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"sense": "blanket used to produce a secure feeling",
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"sense": "blanket used to produce a secure feeling",
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"word": "snuttefilt"
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"sense": "blanket used to produce a secure feeling",
"word": "ผ้าเน่า"
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"sense": "any object used to produce a sense of security",
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}
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