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Definition of swaddling clothes noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

swaddling clothes

noun

/ˈswɒdlɪŋ kləʊðz/,

/ˈswɒdlɪŋ kləʊz/

/ˈswɑːdlɪŋ kləʊðz/,

/ˈswɑːdlɪŋ kləʊz/

[plural]

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long pieces of cloth used in the past for wrapping a baby tightly

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