Comfort object
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Etymology


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

Noun



  1. A blanket that one uses to have a secure feeling or reduced anxiety, usually in the early years of life: Linus van Pelt had a famous security blanket.
  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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