baby boy

collocation in English

meaningsofbabyandboy

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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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boy
noun[C]
uk
/bɔɪ/us
/bɔɪ/
a male child or, more generally, a male of ...
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(Definition ofbabyandboyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She had died in childbirth, leaving her husband with ababyboy.
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One said she would give birth to ababyboyand the other said she would give birth to a baby girl.
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He criticised a carrycot stand which, because of its unsafe design, led to the death recently of a ten weeks oldbabyboy.
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He was already developing a drinking habit of his own and the arrival of ababyboyinto the family brings its own stresses and strains.
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Life expectancy at birth for ababyboyis about five years less in social classes 4 and 5 than it is for baby boys with professional parents.
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Although the maids thought there was a treasure in the crate, they in fact found ababyboyinside.
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During a mission with his comrades, he found ababyboyall by its lonesome.
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She then realizes she forgot about thebabyboyand asks about his whereabouts.
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They do, then buy a house and have ababyboy.
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Thebabyboywalks further in the museum and into another section.
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Here she gives birth to a healthybabyboywithout any problems.
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Thebabyboywas the namesake of his father and his brother.
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He lives there with his wife and hisbabyboy.
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The story is about the birth of ababyboyin a 19th-century gold prospecting camp.
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His wife dies after giving birth to ababyboy.
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Later, she gets pregnant again and gives birth to a healthybabyboy.
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