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 This build comes with 1,048 pieces to create the beloved alien, his hover pram, and accessories like a Sorgan frog, shifter knob, and a cookie for Grogu to hold. Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 5 July 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for pram
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Noun
  • As the camera pans down in the video, the reason for the empty buggy seat becomes clear: her other child is riding happily in the storage space underneath the stroller, by her feet.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Home to more than 1,200 stores, the Dubai Mall is so big that complimentary electric buggies ferry shoppers around and free phone batteries can be borrowed in case visitors run out of power on a day trip there.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The loungers also come with crib bumpers, which are banned by federal law for a high risk of causing breathing obstruction that can result in injury or death.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Youbeien Crib Mobiles Recalled Over Battery Ingestion Hazard Youbeien crib mobiles, sold on Amazon by GKKBSJ, have been recalled due to unsafe battery compartments in their remote controls.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 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
  • Parents can book a nanny to join them for the day — helping with strollers, diaper changes, mobile orders, or staying with a child who isn’t tall enough for certain rides — or hire a nanny to focus solely on the kids while parents enjoy the parks on their own.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Most doorknob covers are composed of hard plastic that looks like the plastic used in children’s toys and strollers.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The two were spotted pushing a baby carriage together while going on a walk in London, England, according to photos published by The Sun.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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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