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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

An open mailbox becomes the head and jaws of a dragon; the ribs of a baby carriage form its body.

From New York Times Aug. 7, 2023

“I want to go there; I have to go there,” she said, rolling her baby carriage back and forth to keep her infant asleep.

From Washington Post Mar. 26, 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

A few minutes later we had to rescue a baby carriage that was rolling aimlessly down the street.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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