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swaddling clothes

  1. the long, narrow bands of cloth wrapped around a newborn baby in former times
  2. rigid controls or restrictions, such as those imposed on infants, the immature, etc.

See swaddling clothes in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun
  1. Strips of cloth wrapped around a newborn infant to hold its legs and arms still.
  2. Restrictions imposed on the immature.

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