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babies'-slippers

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Definition of babies'-slippers 

: bird's-foot trefoil sense 1a

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First Known Use of babies'-slippers

1900, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for babies'-slippers

so called from the shape of the pods

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