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Dummy or comforter How do you call a thing a baby usually sucks ?
Oct 30, 2019 7:38 PM
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In Britain and Australia, the object you describe is called a 'dummy'; in the USA and Canada, it's a 'pacifier'. The word 'comforter' is used to describe a quilted bed covering in American English. As far as I know, nobody uses this word to refer to a dummy/pacifier.
October 30, 2019
What about a comforter ? Is it used ?
October 30, 2019
Pacifier or binky
October 30, 2019
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