Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove swaddling-bands from, as a young child; by extension, to unswathe; release from bandages, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To take a swaddle from; to unswathe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To remove
swaddling , tounwrap .
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Examples
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So WonderBaby was re-swaddled and re-settled, only to unswaddle herself again a short while later.
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So WonderBaby was re-swaddled and re-settled, only to unswaddle herself again a short while later.
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So WonderBaby was re-swaddled and re-settled, only to unswaddle herself again a short while later.
Archive 2006-04-02 2006
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Faddle flummery, unswaddle A new-born self-sufficiency and think himself a [mockery.]
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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I then lay him down on the bed to unswaddle him, keeping the blanket set so he can be reswaddled momentarily.
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What I wouldn't give to just go to sleep since he is sound asleep and will likely awake and be rearing to go once I unswaddle him and change his diaper.
Unringing the Bell 2008
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We're about to find out, as we unswaddle introduces us to the company in this October pitch: "Natus 'primary products serve a solid growth industry -- newborn hearing testing.
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