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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

Example Sentences

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Barbie didn’t have a baby carriage; she had that sports car.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023

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

The part of me that always wanted love, marriage, then the baby carriage caused me to pause.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2021

She tucked the twins — one alive, one dead — in a baby carriage, left their rowhouse in Camden, N.J., and took the Delaware River ferry to Philadelphia.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2020

"I like it. The dogs will like it, too. They'll think they are pulling a baby carriage."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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