baby shower

noun

US
: a party at which gifts are given to a woman who is pregnant

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On October 28, 2023, the day of her baby shower, Nevaeh Crain woke up with a headache. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 Feverish and vomiting the day of her baby shower, the 18-year-old had gone to two different emergency rooms within 12 hours, returning home each time worse than before. Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024 One family this fall organized a baby shower with a sheet cake. Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024 Nevaeh Crain, 18, developed sepsis after suffering a miscarriage on the day of her baby shower in 2023. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for baby shower 

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“Baby shower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20shower. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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