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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

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

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

It is like pushing a baby carriage where the baby grows and grows.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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