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perambulator
/pəˈɹæm.bjʊ.leɪ.təɹ/
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What does perambulator mean?
noun
- One who perambulates.
- A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances, consisting of a wheel that rolls over the ground, along with a clockwork apparatus and a dial plate upon which the distance travelled is shown by an index.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (dated) A baby carriage.
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IPA pronunciation
/pəˈɹæm.bjʊ.leɪ.təɹ/
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A perambulator is very apt to make a child stoop, and to make him both crooked and round-shouldered.
Blan.: Chloe will lose three terms, for yesterday, When looking through her drawing-book, I found A sketch of a perambulator!
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When they fall from the maternal perambulator, they briskly pick themselves up, briskly scramble up a leg and make their way to the top.
Defendant, who was drunk, was wheeling a perambulator and pushed it in front of a lorry, with the result that the perambulator was overturned and the baby in it thrown out.
If he doesn’t, and some nursemaid goes a-walkin’ orf with a soldier, leavin’ of the hinfant in the perambulator--well, then I shouldn’t be surprised if the census is one babby the less.