pram1
[pram]
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Origin of pram1
First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening
pram2
[prahm]
- a flat-bottomed, snub-nosed boat used as a fishing vessel or tender for larger vessels.
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Origin of pram2
1540–50 (late 14th century in AL); < Dutch praam, Middle Dutch prame, praem (compare Middle Low German pram(e), Old Frisian pram, German Prahm) < Slavic; compare Czech prám, Polish prom, Russian paróm, Serbo-Croatian prȁm ferryboat, raft, cognate with Old High German farm boat, raft, Old Norse farmr freight, cargo; akin to fare, ferry
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Contemporary Examples
If I see a pram I want to stick my head in it and have a look.
Gwyneth Paltrow wheeled her daughter Apple around London in a Bugaboo pram.
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Historical Examples
"Yes, we'd better be getting on," Meg said hurriedly, and seized the handle of the pram.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
Then, at Rick's suggestion, they had undertaken a search for the pram.
The Electronic Mind ReaderJohn Blaine
Scotty kept the binoculars working, but there was no sign of a pram.
The Electronic Mind ReaderJohn Blaine
There was nothing suspicious about them, except that they had the only pram in the area.
The Electronic Mind ReaderJohn Blaine
He wondered if perhaps the pram had nothing to do with the attack on Duke and Jerry.
The Electronic Mind ReaderJohn Blaine
pram1
- British a cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a babyUS and Canadian term: baby carriage
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Word Origin
C19: shortened and altered from perambulator
pram2
- nautical a light tender with a flat bottom and a bow formed from the ends of the side and bottom planks meeting in a small raised transom
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Word Origin
C16: from Middle Dutch prame; related to Old Frisian prām
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Word Origin and History for pram
n.
"baby carriage," 1881, shortening of perambulator, perhaps influenced by pram "flat-bottomed boat" especially a type used in the Baltic (1540s), from Old Norse pramr, from Balto-Slavic (cf. Polish prom, Russian poromu "ferryboat," Czech pram "raft"), from PIE *pro-, from root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per).
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