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baby carriage

American  

noun

  1. a conveyance similar to an infant's crib set on four wheels and meant to be pushed.


baby carriage British  

noun

  1. British term: pram.  Also: baby buggy.  a cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a baby

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of baby carriage

First recorded in 1865–70

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“I knew that I wanted more out of life, and I would take my daughter with me in her baby carriage to auditions,” she recalls.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2025

This was in Provincetown, Mass., many years ago, on the street in front of a drag club, where my wife and I were pushing a baby carriage.

From Washington Post Nov. 21, 2022

GPR equipment, in contrast, gets mounted on something that looks like a lawn mower or baby carriage, and gets rolled over the ground.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2022

In the bare surroundings of the clinic, one nurse pushes a baby carriage with one hand and holds an infant in the other as she and her colleagues comfort the children.

From Reuters Mar. 16, 2022

One morning listening to Dodo Conway's baby carriage would drive me crazy.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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