receiving blanket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of receiving blanket
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Within two days of bringing home my new baby, I had ensconced her between me and my husband, wound tight enough for security in a receiving blanket.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2016
In Italy, the beatification has been receiving blanket television coverage rivaled only by that of the royal wedding in London on Friday.
From New York Times • May 1, 2011
His strange encounter with the abandoned infant left him so shaken that he brought a receiving blanket knitted by his mother to the hospital.
From Time Magazine Archive
The receiving blanket fell in a soft heap beside his chair.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
It should then be placed in a warm receiving blanket, and put in a safe place.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
