bottle baby

noun

an infant fed by bottle from birth, as distinguished from one who is breast-fed.

Origin of bottle baby

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First recorded in 1890–95

Words Nearby bottle baby

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How to use bottle baby in a sentence

This is necessary to give the child certain salts which are exceedingly essential to the bottle baby.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. Sadler
I was leadin' in prayer when Elder Bliss was a bottle-baby, at least he looks it if ever I see one.
Mrs. Tree's Will | Laura E. Richards
This is the filler fidgeted for by Juno before she weaned Hercules—who was no bottle-baby—and fed to him afterward.
The Roycroft Dictionary | Elbert Hubbard

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