perambulator
Chiefly British: Older Use. a baby carriage; pram.
an odometer pushed by a person walking.
(formerly) a person who makes a tour of inspection on foot.
Origin of perambulator
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How to use perambulator in a sentence
Without a word he turned and followed, thoughtfully, the windings of the exiled perambulator.
The Creators | May SinclairAlan indicated an empty perambulator standing outside one of the houses.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieWhen we get the perambulator and the babies, it's bound to go.
She was lying in a perambulator which was being pushed by a governess.
Marguerite | Anatole FranceThe perambulator which we were following in silence came to a halt in the Bois Saint-Jean.
Marguerite | Anatole France
British Dictionary definitions for perambulator
/ (pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪtə) /
a formal word for pram 1
a wheel-like instrument used by surveyors to measure distances
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