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 Generous interior space allows tall adults to stretch out in the rear while a large boot, which varies depending on trim level, swallows luggage and prams with ease. Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 No trace of the 10-foot pram used by Ralph has ever been found. Robert E. Houle, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025 Our four-month-old slept in his pram by the pool while our oldest drank mocktails, took Thai boxing lessons and collected shells from the beach. Marylou Costa, Contributor, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024 Showing their commitment to all things Halloween, the couple even had a pram filled with baby ogres in tow. Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pram
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Noun
  • Every weekday morning, a 53-year-old tradesman drives his horse and buggy through the heart of Ohio Amish country to begin his workday in a factory full of robots.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 June 2025
  • Summer can also be a great time to plan a trip, but be forewarned: the Delmarva Peninsula can be very hot, muggy, and buggy during the height of the season.
    Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • As a bonus, the matching Yuzu crib is ultra-convertible, with a whopping eight different configurations — from bassinet to a junior bed.
    Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 19 June 2025
  • Two screenshots from the viral video showing Emma and Spencer in the crib.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
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
  • For me, the best affordable strollers are the way to go.
    Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 18 June 2025
  • Some protesters held posters in one hand and pushed strollers or gripped their dogs’ leashes with the other.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • His first time down there, he was appalled to discover it was filled with a thick layer of dust, and the clutter of bicycles and a baby carriage.
    Orly Halpern, Time, 18 June 2025
  • Stand at the top or bottom of the stairs, and watch the elderly and those struggling with canes, walkers, baby carriages and prostheses.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
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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