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boarder babies

boarder babies is the plural of boarder baby.

Meaning of boarder baby

Noun

boarder baby (plural boarder babies)

  1. An infant kept in hospital because its parents are unable or unfit to take care of it.
    • Boarder babies are both a cause and a result of foster care placement shortages.1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources, The Enemy Within: Crack-cocaine and America's Families

Questions about boarder babies

What is boarder babies the plural of?
Boarder babies is the plural of boarder baby.

Words near boarder babies in the dictionary

  1. boarded
  2. boarded out
  3. boarded up
  4. boarden
  5. boarder
  6. boarder babies
  7. boarder baby
  8. boarder cross
  9. boarder X
  10. boarder-cross
  11. boarder-X

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