babe in arms

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English [Term?]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun[edit]

babe in arms (plural babes in arms)

  1. (idiomatic) An infant.
    He was still a babe in arms when his father died overseas.

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