swaddle

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1. swaddle - Noun

2. swaddle - Verb

Meaning

Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.

To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.

To beat; to cudgel.

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swaddled the infant Source: Internet

For me, the three months after delivering my firstborn felt like a profound miracle and a frightening disaster all bundled up in one sweaty, stinky swaddle. Source: Internet

They claimed that in an era of wet nurses, swaddling was a means to neglect and repress a child — and parents listened, choosing to swaddle their babies less. Source: Internet

He was big and strong and would always rip his hands out of the swaddle me and wake himself up.” Source: Internet

“One of the beauties of white rage,” she said, “is that it’s able to swaddle itself in the language of Democracy.” Source: Internet

Picking the swaddle up, she steps on it. Source: Internet

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