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a baby's first land yacht, pushed by someone who hasn't slept in months
means A four-wheeled carriage for transporting a baby, pushed by an adult who walks behind it.
from A clipped, lazy-mouthed shortening of "perambulator," itself from Latin "perambulare," to walk through or stroll about (per-, through, plus ambulare, to walk — a cousin of "amble"). The full word arrived in the 19th century sounding suitably grand for the genteel act of wheeling an infant about the park; the British soon trimmed it to the cosier "pram."
- royal pedigree
- Queen Victoria popularized the pram for royal babies
- word origin
- Short for perambulator, meaning to walk through
- early models
- First versions were pulled by goats or dogs
- brake debate
- Runaway prams are a real urban-hill hazard
- status symbol
- High-end prams cost more than used cars
for instance
silver cross pram — british luxury brand established 1877, used by british royal families for decades
bugaboo cameleon — dutch designer pram launched 2003, became status symbol among wealthy parents in nyc and london