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Users of this eggcorn have been taken in by the natural idea that a perambulator- a baby carriage- transports an infant before he can walk, i.e., an infant in a ‘pre-ambulatory’ state. About 300 ghits. Examples:
Lisa has a great set of wheels! Certainly different than the ones we used to have! By the way, ‘pram’ is short for preambulator.
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Remember, JK Rowling wrote between the time her daughter Was asleep in the
preambulator and when she could grab 5 minutes.
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The Importance of Being Earnest (1895),Summary: ...
Miss Prism confesses that She put The manuscript of a novel on which She had been working in The preambulator and had placed The baby in a hand-bag …
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preambulator means a baby cart somnambulating means sleepwalking from the Latin
verb ambulare, to walk …
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The Child Security device is a mirror that fastens to the shade of a preambulator.
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