baby carriage (noun)

  • 31buggy — I. adjective (buggier; est) Date: 1714 1. infested with bugs < a buggy swamp > 2. characterized by bugs; especially containing many bugs < a buggy software program > II. noun …

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  • 32pram — (BrE) noun ⇨ See also ↑baby carriage VERB + PRAM ▪ push, wheel PREPOSITION ▪ in a/the pram ▪ She was pushing her baby along in a pram …

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  • 33pram — UK [præm] / US noun [countable] Word forms pram : singular pram plural prams a large object with four wheels that a baby can lie in while you push it around. The American word is baby carriage …

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  • 34stroll|er — «STROH luhr», noun. 1. a person who strolls or rambles; wanderer: »holiday strollers in the park. 2. a strolling player or actor. 3. a wandering vagrant; tramp. 4. a kind of light baby carriage in which an older baby or small child sits erect:&#8230; …

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  • 35American English — 1. general. Fowler in Modern English Usage (1926) did not include an entry on American English and said little on the subject, although he cast occasional aspersions on so called ‘undesirable aliens’ (such as belittle). Since then attitudes to&#8230; …

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  • 36pram — I. noun Etymology: Middle Dutch praem & Middle Low German prām Date: 1548 a small lightweight nearly flat bottomed boat with a broad transom and usually squared off bow II. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from perambulator Date: 1884&#8230; …

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  • 37hood´like´ — hood 1 «hud», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) a soft covering for the head and neck, either separate or as part of a coat or cape: »My raincoat has a hood. b) a monk s cowl. 2. anything like a hood in shape or use, such as a covering for machinery: »The&#8230; …

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  • 38hood´less — hood 1 «hud», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) a soft covering for the head and neck, either separate or as part of a coat or cape: »My raincoat has a hood. b) a monk s cowl. 2. anything like a hood in shape or use, such as a covering for machinery: »The&#8230; …

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  • 39park´like´ — park «pahrk», noun, verb. –n. 1. land set apart for the pleasure of the public: »Many cities have beautiful parks. Hyde Park is in London. A park may be only a tiny bit of green in a large city, with a few flowers, trees, and benches, or it may&#8230; …

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  • 40park´er — park «pahrk», noun, verb. –n. 1. land set apart for the pleasure of the public: »Many cities have beautiful parks. Hyde Park is in London. A park may be only a tiny bit of green in a large city, with a few flowers, trees, and benches, or it may&#8230; …

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