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noun

Benjamin (Mc·Lane)

[muh-kleyn] , 1903–98, U.S. physician and educator.

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Spock (spɒk)

—n
	Benjamin, known as Dr Spock. 1903--98, US paediatrician, noted for his influential work The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child (1946), which challenged traditional notions of child care, advocating a more permissive approach

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