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Definition of Babying
1. baby [v] - See also: baby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Babying
Literary usage of Babying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The ball used at that time was the round black rubber one, and the system of play
included a great deal of " babying " of the ball with the hand ..."
2. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1904)
"I am not cry babying to the Judge Ol~ making any kick about things. He will want
back after he has swallowed a littel tincture of . ..."
3. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
"... but to come back here babying, and take hold of Elnora like that, and talk
that way be* cause you have had a fuss with your girl, I don't tolerate. ..."
4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1896)
""The modern tenderness for children is always in danger of falling into the
mistake of babying them too much." " I am not afraid of intellectual precocity ..."
5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1892)
"The improvements necessary in this primary circle are less babying ; less prepared
infant's food ..."
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