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crack babies

crack babies is the plural of crack baby.

Meaning of crack baby

Noun

crack baby (plural crack babies)

  1. (derogatory) A child born to a mother who used cocaine during pregnancy, especially crack cocaine, or any child with substance abuse related birth defects.
    • Developmental psychologist Claire Coles, who is also a clinician, has seen "crack babies" who were in fact colicky babies.1995 July, Katharine Greider, “Crackpot Ideas”, in Mother Jones Magazine, page 56

Questions about crack babies

What is crack babies the plural of?
Crack babies is the plural of crack baby.

Words near crack babies in the dictionary

  1. crack a crust
  2. crack a fat
  3. crack a rat
  4. crack a smile
  5. crack along
  6. crack babies
  7. crack baby
  8. crack brained
  9. crack cocaine
  10. crack down
  11. crack fic

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