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1869 Daily NE Press (Nebraska City) 2 Oct [4]/2, Nebraska State Fair. . . The following premiums have been awarded: . . Best . . baby buggy Afghan—Mrs Roberts. 1896 DN 1.411 WA, Baby-buggy. 1904 DN 2.416 nwAR, Put Willie in the baby-buggy. 1947 NYT Mag. 12 Oct 26/3 NYC, A bunch of baby buggies are parked in front. 1949 Kurath Word Geog. 77, West of the Alleghenies, baby buggy [predominates]. Baby buggy is current also in Ohio and on the lower Kanawha in West Virginia. 1950 WELS (Vehicles for babies and small children: that they can lie down in) 20 Infs, WI, Baby buggy; (That they have to sit up in) 1 Inf, seWI, Baby buggy. 1965–70 DARE (Qu. N42, Vehicles . . a baby . . can lie down in) 442 Infs, throughout US, but chiefly west of Appalachians, Baby buggy; 43 Infs, throughout US, but chiefly west of Appalachians, Buggy; (Qu. N43, Vehicles . . a small child . . has to sit up in) 20 Infs, scattered, Baby buggy; AL32, GA28, IL89, MO35, NY156, OH67, OK13, WV2, Buggy. 1970 Tarpley Blinky 107 neTX, For 64% of the informants, a vehicle used to push the baby in is a buggy; for 24% of them, it is a carriage. 1991 Orange Co. Reg. (Santa Ana CA) 5 May sec R 9/4, [Advt:] Baby buggy—converts to stroller, must see. 2014 Gettysburg Times (PA) 22 Feb sec A 7/5, Infant strollers or baby buggies are prohibited due to limited space in shop.

1942 Henry High Border 326 nRocky Mts, The expectant ewe throws up her head twice, whereupon the men on watch push a “baby buggy” toward her—an arrangement on wheels, into which the ewe and her lamb, or twin lambs, are placed, to be wheeled to shelter.