Meaning of baby-farmer | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C1]
Examples
“Can't send⟳ it to the workhouse, you know⟳, or a baby-farm, or a baby-farmer, like⟳ that woman.”
“Proudly conscious of her peculiar abilities, the baby-farmer made reply⟳, "Twenty-one deaths out of a possible twenty-three in the past six months."”
“When the baby-farmer went to register⟳ the infant's death, the registrar, learning that it was illegitimate, and thinking that some of the statements made regarding it were suspicious, very properly insisted on the attendance of the mother before he would grant the certificate of registration.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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