Sujet : Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose?
De : peter (at) *nospam* pmoylan.org (Peter Moylan)
Groupes : sci.lang alt.usage.englishDate : 02. Sep 2024, 16:01:24
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On 02/09/24 22:33, Steve Hayes wrote:
The OP said (I think quoting a dictionary or some such source) that
in AmE "papoose" meant a child, but everyone from outside the US
whose comments I have seen seems to think it means a child holder.
Not me. I knew that "papoose" meant a child, but until this thread I had
never heard of it meaning a child carrier.
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