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papoose

[pa-poos, puh-] / pæˈpus, pə- /


NOUN
milquetoast
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They taught first-time mothers about infant care and breastfeeding — but also about how to use a papoose board safely, and why mothers shouldn’t overbundle a newborn, a common practice.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

His new outlook changed the music: East Atlanta Love Letter’s cover image is of him recording vocals in a kitchen with Syx in a papoose.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2018

Yoni, the paramedic, swaddled me as if in a papoose, with vinyl and Velcro and cloth wrappings I did not feel.

From Slate • May 1, 2013

By then, one of Alice’s eight cavities had already been treated in a dentist’s office using a papoose board to immobilize her from head to ankle with straps.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2012

With his backpack on his back and Nunu in his arms in front like a papoose, he looked like an apple with legs.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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