bottle baby

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bottle baby

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Cowie, who had been a bottle baby, responded first, fighting the current that was up to his chest to head toward the food.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2021

He had a cherubic, middle-aged face�"like a bottle baby," said Mrs. Mary McLoughlin down the street.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Act II, Hud returns to a climate of "purposeful change," but it is not that easy to wean a bottle baby, and the moving scenes that follow vividly illustrate W.H.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is necessary to give the child certain salts which are exceedingly essential to the bottle baby.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

This chap's no bottle baby; he's more of a sport than you think.

From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo