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单词 push-wainling
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push-wainlingn.

Brit. /ˌpʊʃˈweɪnlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌpʊʃˈweɪnlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: push v., wain n.1, -ling suffix1.
Etymology: < push v. + wain n.1 + -ling suffix1 (compare sense 2 at that entry); compare push- comb. form.
W. Barnes's term for: a pram.
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1878 W. Barnes Outl. Eng. Speechcraft 72 Perambulator (the child's carriage), push-wainling.
1908 A. C. Swinburne Let. 22 Jan. (1962) VI. 211 I met..a fair friend..who beamed..from the depth of her pushwainling (I hope you never use the barbaric word ‘perambulator’?)... The happy term ‘pushwainling’ for a baby's coach of state is what makes him [sc. W. Barnes] immortal in my eyes.
1919 Manitoba Free Press 23 June 13/7 One of his [sc. Barnes'] books dealing with language, ‘Outline of English Speech-craft’ (1878) was an attempt to purge the language of Latin forms. ‘Pushwainling’ would probably be an Anglo-Saxon word.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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