little baby

collocation in English

meaningsoflittleandbaby

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little
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪt.əl/us
/ˈlɪt̬.əl/
small in size ...
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baby
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪ.bi/us
/ˈbeɪ.bi/
a very young child, especially one that has not yet begun to walk ...
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(Definition oflittleandbabyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He was alittlebabythen, and he is now a grown man.
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It is rather similar to the argument about it being only a verylittlebaby.
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It is like the housemaid's baby—just alittlebaby.
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Would it not have been better if thatlittlebabyhad been allowed to come into the world?
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That is a very serious thing, but to me a much more appealing thing is alittlebabythat runs out of a cottage gate.
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I accept the fact that alittlebabyis of a different weight and requires different handling than a larger child.
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It was alittlebabywith dragon's teeth.
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Architects all differ with each other; they all want to have alittlebabyof their own and all want a better baby than the other man.
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After all, only a short time ago he listened to the pleasant announcement that tomorrow he will have alittlebabybrother or possibly alittlebabysister.
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And then, when thatlittlebabyis about 80 years old, we'll just be "dust"!
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Weeks go by until a young girl is allowed in and reports there is alittlebabyin there but it won't talk.
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Being just alittlebaby, she doesn't speak as yet, but has surprisingly good penmanship skills.
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All of the electronic-voice people were working in a hospital, and the "one" thing they were trying to do is teach thislittlebabyto push a button.
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After all, what could be more counterintuitive than alleging that we have no duties to vulnerable little babies?
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We know a great deal more about babies than we do about the old, which is strange considering how little babies know.
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When we are cute little babies, everybody loves us.
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We hear all this talk about the death rate and all this sloppy sentimentality about little babies dying.
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One cannot hit little babies on the head; it is not done nowadays—not even little financial babies.
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People with young children may remember that little babies are vaccinated at three months, six months and nine months.
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This passing on of little babies will soon turn this country of ours into a gigantic orphanage, full of babies passed on by various authorities and interests.
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