security blanket

Etymology
From Linus van Pelt's security blanket in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.

Noun

 * 1) A blanket that one uses to have a secure feeling or reduced anxiety, usually in the early years of life.
 * 2) Any object one uses to have a sense of security or reduced anxiety.
 * That rabbit's foot is his security blanket.

Translations

 * Finnish: turvariepu
 * German:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: turvariepu
 * Swedish: