swaddling clothes

collocation in English

meaningsofswaddleandclothes

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swaddle
verb[T]
uk
/ˈswɒd.əl/us
/ˈswɑː.dəl/
to wrap a baby tightly ...
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clothes
noun[plural]
uk
/kləʊðz/us
/kloʊðz/
things such as dresses and trousers that you wear to cover, protect, or decorate ...
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(Definition ofswaddleandclothesfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Indeed, history may well show that now was the time when civil aviation was just getting out of itsswaddlingclothes.
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The child walks as we unwrap theswaddlingclothes, the cathedral stands in its full beauty as we remove the scaffolding.
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I am only concerned about the presiding officer in the cases of infants still inswaddlingclothes, and of his own safety.
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We want to get rid of theseswaddlingclothesof restrictive practices in which so many industries are wrapped up at the moment.
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As the young men or women grow up so gradually you can release theswaddlingclothesand the restrictions, so that they can expand themselves and develop.
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The design features a baby inswaddlingclothes.
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Some of the monuments depict the deceased's children: one portrays 18 children and another has a single baby inswaddlingclotheswith rose and lily.
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I never treated them as though they were inswaddlingclothes, he said many years later of his young viewers.
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For what is meaner thanswaddlingclothes?
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The shepherds went to the stable and found the baby, wrapped inswaddlingclothesand lying in the feed trough, or manger, as the angel had described.
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