pram

chiefly British
as in buggy
a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in like other trendy Notting Hill couples, they bought a fancy pram for the first baby

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Recent Examples of pram Next door, The Pantry offers every doodad parents might need: washing machines, tumble dryers, and bottle sterilizers to use around the clock, plus a range of family amenities — baby bathtubs, rockers, and prams — on loan for the duration of your stay. Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024 But the street-side terraces that replaced them were equally chaotic, turning a stroll on the avenue into an assault course, especially for visitors with prams or wheelchairs. Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers. David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024 In one instance, Margaret trained two adorable cats wearing baby doll gowns to sit inside a pram, or baby carriage, in the store windows. Stephanie Forshee, Fortune, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for pram 
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Noun
  • A little model with the buggy's suspension is another of the treasures that neatly pack the museum top to bottom.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Violating any of these guidelines cancels your buggy ride for the day – and will earn the wrath of your travel mates.
    Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • And research dating back decades has frequently found high concentrations in people’s homes, with sources including wooden toys, baby cribs, arts and crafts supplies, and air fresheners.
    Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Relief for a Flint family Angeline Gordon, a Flint mom of three, spent her cash payments on a crib, bills and groceries.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024
  • Riley’s custom pushchair, designed by Adaptive Star,has no gears but does have a safety brake to slow downhill runs.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
Noun
  • In one case, four people were allegedly attempting to hide merchandise that was not paid for at Kohl’s inside an empty baby stroller.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Kruger then concluded her post with a snap of Reedus displaying a thumbs-up while holding onto a stroller, which appeared to have their daughter sitting inside with a coat covering her face.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In the mid-18th century, rich circles around Europe began sporting early versions of baby carriages.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 17 July 2024
  • Years later, when l was married, my father saw Irene in front of our building pushing a baby carriage holding twins.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Universal drink caddies that attach to the handles of suitcases and baby buggies.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the parade highlights will include 14 pipe and drum marching bands, students from Irish dance schools performing, an appearance by Consulate General of Ireland Council Kevin Byrne and the original baby buggy parade float from the first parade in 1979.
    Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • In a 1923 address to the British Royal Society of the Arts, one Samuel Sewell chided his fellow-researchers for having failed to research the history of a device as common and useful as the ubiquitous perambulator, or pram.
    Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
  • One perambulator holding big packages and a sleeping red-haired baby clutching the strings of two round, red balloons.
    Robert Richardson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022

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