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  • noun a rectangular, box-shaped bed with handles in which a baby can be carried while asleep

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  • noun box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried)

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Examples

  • You can put a newborn baby lying flat in it; other Bugaboos are bigger and have a separate carrycot which is more expensive. "

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • Plus she seemed to need a lot more room around her and soon got frustrated by the carrycot.

    tequilamonky Diary Entry tequilamonky 2009

  • I knew I had finally found the right woman for me and, halfway through the wedding breakfast, Jack woke in his carrycot at the side of our table and pushed himself up to peer over at us.

    Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008

  • The others disappeared into the dark while I transferred Jack from his baby seat into the high-sided carrycot, and tucked him tightly in.

    Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008

  • I knew I had finally found the right woman for me and, halfway through the wedding breakfast, Jack woke in his carrycot at the side of our table and pushed himself up to peer over at us.

    Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008

  • In the same instant the carrycot suddenly felt horribly light as it swayed violently in my hand.

    Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008

  • In the same instant the carrycot suddenly felt horribly light as it swayed violently in my hand.

    Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008

  • The others disappeared into the dark while I transferred Jack from his baby seat into the high-sided carrycot, and tucked him tightly in.

    Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008

  • We put Emer in the carrycot, where she slept, and Linnea in the buggy converted from a pram back to a buggy Infant Travel Systems: Robots In Disguise.

    To write gmh 2006

  • His baby son was in a carrycot on the back seat as he drove from Leicester to Narborough and turned up Forest Road beside Carlton Hayes.

    The Jigsaw Man Britton, Paul, 1946- 1997

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