See blankety on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1912, Howard Benjamin Grose, Missions: an international Baptist magazine, Volume 3:",
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"ref": "1917, Henry Handel Richardson, chapter VIII, in Australia Felix:",
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"ref": "2009, Laura Resau, The Indigo Notebook, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 147:",
"text": "It's a floating feeling, an eyes-closed, comfy, blankety feeling, the feeling of not having to worry about anything.",
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