bottle baby
noun
an infant fed by bottle from birth, as distinguished from one who is breast-fed.
Origin of bottle baby
1First recorded in 1890–95
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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. SadlerI 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. RichardsThis 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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