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pram

[pram]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chiefly British Informal.

perambulator.

pram

[prahm]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a flat-bottomed, snub-nosed boat used as a fishing vessel or tender for larger vessels.

pram

/ ��æ�� /

noun

US and Canadian term: baby carriage.��a cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a baby

pram

/ ��ɑː�� /

noun

nautical a light tender with a flat bottom and a bow formed from the ends of the side and bottom planks meeting in a small raised transom

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pram¹

First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening

Origin of pram²

First recorded in 1540–50 ( late 14th century in Anglo-Latin ); from Dutch praam, Middle Dutch prame, praem (compare Middle Low German pram(e), Old Frisian pram, German Prahm ), from Slavic; compare Czech ��á��, Polish prom, Russian �貹��ó��, Serbo-Croatian ��ȁ�� “ferryboat, raft,” cognate with Old High German farm “boat, raft,” Old Norse farmr “freight, cargo”; akin to fare, ferry

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pram¹

C19: shortened and altered from _perambulator

Origin of pram²

C16: from Middle Dutch prame; related to Old Frisian ��峾

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She raised her arms in the air after securing victory and rushed over to celebrate with her husband and eldest daughter Charlotte, while youngest daughter Cecilia slept on in her pram.

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Families with children from birth to four years old are provided with essential items including prams, nappies and formula.

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A mother was stabbed to death in a "cold blooded, calculated, premeditated murder" as she pushed her baby in a pram, a court has heard.

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She said: "It's like a circus coming to town, and then you've got various clowns, and they've thrown their toys out of the pram at the first issue that's come along."

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A man has admitted killing his wife as she pushed their baby in a pram through Bradford, but denied her murder.

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