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perambulator

[ per-am-byuh-ley-ter ]

noun

  1. Chiefly British: Older Use. a baby carriage; pram.
  2. an odometer pushed by a person walking.
  3. (formerly) a person who makes a tour of inspection on foot.


perambulator

/ ±èəˈ°ùæ³¾²úÂáÊŠËŒ±ô±ðɪ³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. a formal word for pram 1
  2. a wheel-like instrument used by surveyors to measure distances
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of perambulator1

First recorded in 1605–15; 1850–55 perambulator fordef 1; from Medieval Latin “inspector, surveyorâ€; from Latin ±è±ð°ù²¹³¾²ú³Ü±ôÄå³Ù-, past participle stem of ±è±ð°ù²¹³¾²ú³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð “to ramble, strollâ€; perambulate, -or;
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A perambulator, Katchor has always been expert at capturing the texture and sociology of vanishing aspects of city life.

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It was as thick around its girth as a perambulator.

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In one exchange, he said: "Mr Speaker, we have got perambulators and nannies into this session, which I think must be a first for questions to the Leader of the House."

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But San Francisco coaxed out my inner perambulator.

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On the way we meet the fleeing inhabitants trundling their goods and chattels along with them in wheelbarrows, in perambulators, and on their backs.

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