birth pang


birth pang

noun

Definition of BIRTH PANG

1
: one of the regularly recurrent pains that are characteristic of childbirth —usually used in plural
2
plural : disorder and distress incident especially to a major social change

First Known Use of BIRTH PANG

1721

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