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“The biceps of Hercules was a puny affair when he rolled about in swaddling-clothes.”
“He comes from the infinite distance of the eternal heavens to finite nearness, wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger (Luke 2: 7).”
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“And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.”
“The scripture is fairly straightforward: “She brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes ...””
“I'm not up on art, but my guess is that the infant is swaddled -- wrapped in swaddling bands.”
“I have had blood on my hands since before your father was born, and you were still in swaddling clothes when I killed my last man.”
“This transcendant being was perhaps inadequately represented by a hideous plastic doll, swathed … in swaddling, whatever that might have been.”
“Recommended if … you believe that a child who can sing “Baby Beluga” can understand: “And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them at the inn.””
“Luk 2: 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.”
“And she brought forth her first-born Son and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger because there was no room for Him in the inn.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘swaddling’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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cloudjuice's Words
schadenfreude, sordid, promulgate, erratic, erroneous, amalgamate, sesquipedalian, incongruous, psychosis, etymology, simulacrum, serendipity and 988 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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amber words
amber words is the term I use for words that are all but fossilized, in the sense that their use is always in the context of a single expression. Examples include caboodle, dudgeon, umbrage
sanctum, akimbo, amok, riddance, druthers, trove, caboodle, immemorial, blithering, dudgeon, swaddling, askance and 110 more...
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charming words sung by Joanna Newsom
lateen, catenaries, dirigibles, taciturn, exhume, vestal, bedraggled, poetaster, keening, embarcadero, slack-jawed, straggly and 82 more...
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Christmas Pageant Chapter Four
Vocabulary for Chapter Four of the Best Christmas Pageant Ever
outlaws, espoused, swaddling, frankincense, disgraceful, squinched, communion, saloon, ornaments, truant, trough, snitch
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Words Joanna Newsom has taught me
chim-choo-ree, hydrocephalitic, barrow, felten, mica, ledger, swaddling, threshing, grope, looming, ladle, butte and 3 more...
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In Excelsis Deo
All those words (or distinctive phrases) you only hear at a certain time of year...
Hey! This is my 100th list!adeste fideles, merry, jolly, elf, carol, caroling, eggnog, bethlehem, magi, frankincense, myrrh, deck the halls and 81 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for swaddling.
sonofgroucho Yea, see swaddle.... Dec 22, 2007
bilby See swaddle. Dec 22, 2007