swaddling clothes
See also: swaddling-clothes
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Noun
swaddling clothes pl (plural only)
- A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn
- (idiomatic) An early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception.
- 1952, Steel Industry Union Strife Has Been In Progress For Even Century, "The Day" issue of June the 4th, 1952
- The steel—industry wore swaddling clothes when the first walkout occurred exactly 100 years ago.
- 1954, Academy Site May Be Chosen May 15, St Petersburg Times, 11 May issue
- The Air Force Academy, baby brother to West Point and Annapolis, is crawling out of its swaddling clothes.
- 1952, Steel Industry Union Strife Has Been In Progress For Even Century, "The Day" issue of June the 4th, 1952
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garment
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early period in development
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