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 One person suggested Cousins return to the spot on a daily basis and try to strike up a relationship with the septuagenarian pushing the pram. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 May 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
  • Now, Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has confirmed that if China won't approve the latest version of the deal—which could result in a buggy version of TikTok made just for the US—the administration is willing to shut down TikTok.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
  • When Joanna Gaines arrived on the set of her new reality TV series, which transports three families on horse and buggy to the 1880s, tears spilled down her cheeks.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • A little prince is on the way coming to a crib near you.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • From left: Caroline Watkins Caudell's dogs greet her baby in the crib in the morning.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Parents arrive with younger siblings in pushchairs and head out to watch the session that is due to start in 10 minutes.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish made waves today by posting a photo of herself holding a baby beside her friend, podcaster Jason Lee, who rested his right hand on the handlebar of a stroller.
    Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Her friend Lee was also pictured, placing a hand on a blue stroller in the photo and smiling alongside Haddish.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The family received many charitable donations from the community amid their birth in the Great Depression era, including a rent-free home, a custom baby carriage and money, according to the paper.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 July 2025
  • 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
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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“Pram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pram. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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