pram
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Other definitions for pram (2 of 2)
a flat-bottomed, snub-nosed boat used as a fishing vessel or tender for larger vessels.
Origin of pram
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How to use pram in a sentence
If I see a pram I want to stick my head in it and have a look.
Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies | Ronald K. Fried | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGwyneth Paltrow wheeled her daughter Apple around London in a Bugaboo pram.
How Different Is Raising the Royal Baby From a Typical American Child? | Kevin Fallon, Lizzie Crocker | July 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe little bits of whalin'-steamers they build now only carry a little pram or two, nothin' like this boat you're in now.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-Wheelerpram, prm, n. a flat-bottomed Dutch lighter: a barge fitted as a floating battery.
The child is resentful, but resigned, is wrapped up well, put in his pram and wheeled up and down the Madeira Road.
A Student in Arms | Donald Hankey
In every case I found below-decks a number of cruses of corn-brandy, marked aquavit, two of which I took into the pram.
The Purple Cloud | M.P. ShielLady with pram (who has been pointing out to newcomer the beauties of the neighbourhood, where a strike is threatened).
British Dictionary definitions for pram (1 of 2)
/ (præm) /
British a cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a baby: US and Canadian term: baby carriage
Origin of pram
1British Dictionary definitions for pram (2 of 2)
/ (prɑːm) /
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
Origin of pram
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