babe in arms

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Etymology edit

From Middle English [Term?]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun edit

babe in arms (plural babes in arms)

(idiomatic) An infant.
He was still a babe in arms when his father died overseas.

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Translations

Bulgarian: пеленаче (bg) n (pelenače)
Galician: neno de peito m
Maori: piripoho
Spanish: niño de pecho m

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