diaper
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9.7
- noun
- /ˈdaɪpər/
- Archaic
:
damasco
- When you leave the house, always be prepared with plenty of diapers so you're never caught off guard and without a diaper to change the baby.
- diaper cloth
- diaper bag
- diaper rash
Examples
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Lola drapes a cloth diaper over Jenna's shoulder.
Fiction book (2002) -
His back is turned to the viewer, and he sits on a wicker hamper, engaged in the humblest of activities: drying a cloth diaper by a fire underneath an improvised lean-to shelter against the decaying stone structure of the main building.
Academic text (2001) -
You asked me in my blog post this morning whether or not I made the fabric diaper bags.
Blog text (27) -
However, when diapers are not generally used like they are today, all the diaper factories we see today will be shut down.
Blog text (21) -
I don't have time to be at home with no diapers and baby socks.
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The peak year of the Baby Boom was in 1957, but by 1950 the first wave was already in diapers.
Blog text (32) -
The dining table was beautifully covered with a diaper that had a delicate geometric pattern.
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In the past, many households used linen diapers for their tablecloths at formal dinners.
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The antique store had a collection of vintage diapers that were once popular for household linens.
Compounds
- Slang
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9.9
A person who grows up with parents active in communist or socialist politics
- Specialized
Red, sore skin on a baby's bottom and thighs caused by a wet or dirty diaper
- Offensive
A slang, often rude, name for a mask people wear over their mouth and nose
- Archaic
A family whose parents strongly support communist ideas and raise children that way
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diaper first meant a woven cloth with a small, repeating geometric or diamond pattern used for table and towel cloths. Since people used that cloth to wrap and care for babies, the word later also came to mean the baby garment made from or like that cloth.