baby bunting

baby bunting
   See cry-baby.

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  • baby bunting — baby bunting, an infant s warm, hooded outer garment closed at the bottom; bunting …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bye, baby Bunting — is a nursery rhyme. There are several variants. One of the more common is::Bye, baby Bunting,:Father s gone a hunting,:Mother s gone a milking,:Sister s gone a silking,:Brother s gone to buy a skin:To wrap the baby Bunting in.The earliest… …   Wikipedia

  • Bunting — can refer to:* Bunting (bird), a group of birds * An infant sleeping bag * The act of laying down a bunt, a type of offensive play in baseball * Bunting (textile), a lightweight cloth material often used for flags and festive decorations * Bye,… …   Wikipedia

  • Bunting — This rather unusual and interesting surname is of Old French origin, and is from a nickname meaning good little pet , a term of endearment for a little child, later applied more generally: Bunting: a term of endearment (Halliwell); Buntin,… …   Surnames reference

  • bunting — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century any of various stout billed passerine birds (families Cardinalidae and Emberizidae) of which some are grouped with the cardinal and some with the New World sparrows compare indigo bunting,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bunting — {{11}}bunting (1) flag material, 1742, perhaps from M.E. bonting gerundive of bonten to sift, because cloth was used for sifting grain, via O.Fr. from V.L. *bonitare to make good. {{12}}bunting (2) type of lark like bird, c.1300, bountyng, of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • baby — Synonyms and related words: Elzevir, Milquetoast, adolescent, angel, apprentice, babe, babish, baby bunting, baby doll, baby sized, babyish, bambino, bantam, bantling, banty, beginner, big baby, broad, buttercup, catechumen, cater to, cherub,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bunting — bunting1 [bun′tiŋ] n. [< ? ME bonting, ger. of bonten, to sift: hence, cloth used for sifting] 1. a thin cloth used in making flags, streamers, etc. 2. flags, or strips of cloth in the colors of the flag, used as holiday decorations ☆ 3. a… …   English World dictionary

  • cry-baby —    The general term used mainly by children to other children who are thought to cry too easily. Parents might also address a child in this way. As the Opies point out in The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, there are a large number of local… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • David Michael Bunting — David Tibet bei einem Auftritt von Current 93 am 19. Mai 2007 David Tibet (* 5. März 1960 in Batu Gajah, Malaysia) (Geburtsname: David Michael Bunting) ist ein britischer Sänger, Maler, Autor und Labelbetreiber. Bekannt ist er vor allem als… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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