woobie
n.— «In the same way that each member of the family chose something that represented them, and placed it in Chip’s casket. Adam and Holly and their children chose Connor’s pacifier and Janie’s “woobie.”» —“Myers’ Family Comes Together To Help Heal Grief” in Cincinnati, Ohio Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.) Dec. 5, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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