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babes in arms

babes in arms is the plural of babe in arms.

Meaning of babe in arms

Noun

babe in arms (plural babes in arms)

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

Questions about babes in arms

What is babes in arms the plural of?
Babes in arms is the plural of babe in arms.

Words near babes in arms in the dictionary

  1. Babers
  2. Baberses
  3. Baberton
  4. babery
  5. babes
  6. babes in arms
  7. babes in the wood
  8. babes in the woods
  9. babes-in-a-cradle
  10. babeship
  11. babeships

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