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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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Marriage and a baby carriage are off the table; the journey matters, not the destination.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2026

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

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

For him to stop the soldier leading it, saying he has orders to search one baby carriage for contraband.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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