Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A baby carriage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who perambulates.
- noun An instrument for measuring distances traveled. See
odometer . - noun A small three-or four-wheeled carriage for a child, propelled by hand from behind; a baby-carriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who perambulates.
- noun A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See
Odometer . - noun A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing; a baby carriage; -- called also
pram , in Britain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK : a baby carriage; a pram
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
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Examples
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So the Bishop like the nursemaid in my parable thought he knew better what clothes the baby ought to wear in the new perambulator, that is to say what services we ought to have in the new St. Wilfred's.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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The perambulator is our Mission here in Lima Street.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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Almost the only mode of conveyance for travelers is a vehicle called a jinricksha, having somewhat the appearance of a large perambulator, which is drawn by natives with
Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army 1914
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Coming toward the three children seated in the sand by the perambulator was a thin bent old woman, leaning on a stick.
Lydia of the Pines Honor�� Morrow 1910
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She has lived in a palace; and her perambulator was a gondola.
Fanny's First Play George Bernard Shaw 1903
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Don had never seen one but he recognized its function; it was a Martian's "perambulator," a portable air-conditioning unit to provide the rare, cold air necessary to a Martian aborigine.
Between Planets Heinlein, Robert A. 1951
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He was a "perambulator," and, in the words of one of his critics,
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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I claim, 1st, In combination with a wheeled machine for planting corn or other seed at regular intervals, a "perambulator," substantially as described, when hung concentrically to a revolving seed cylinder, C, and operated in connection therewith, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein in specified.
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Coincidentally, when out for a woodsy walk this morning, my co-perambulator noticed a set of tracks in the snow and noted that they likely belonged to “something large, galumphing.”
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Beyond, under the palms at the edge of the sea, two Chinese nursemaids, in their pretty native costume of white yee-shon and-straight-lined trousers, their black braids of hair down their backs, attended each on a baby in a perambulator.
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treeseed commented on the word perambulator
Also called a pram in Great Britain
Also called a baby carriage or a baby buggy in the United States
January 30, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word perambulator
also an instrument or wheel for measuring distances, to be used in surveying or traveling; called also a pedometer.
December 22, 2009