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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Strips of cloth wrapped around a newborn infant to hold its legs and arms still.
- noun plural Restrictions imposed on the immature.
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- noun A
garment , made of strips of cloth, used tobind aninfant andrestrict movement of itslimbs - noun idiomatic An early period in development,
infancy , the beginnings of something;inception .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun restrictions placed on the immature
- noun a garment (a gown or narrow strips of cloth) for an infant
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