Dram vs Pram - What's the difference?
dram | pram |
A unit of weight avoirdupois,
# (UK & US) 1/16 ounce avoirdupois.
# (UK & US) 1.77 gram
A minute quantity; a mite.
* Milton
A small quantity of a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
A Persian daric.
(dated) To drink drams.
(dated) To ply with drams of drink.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator.
* 1975 , , The Realms of Gold , 1977,
* 2006 , ,
* 2012 , , Dark Companions ,
(nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
(nautical, historical) A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
* 1979 August, F. M. Paulson, Car-topable Craft'', '' ,
* 1994 , Dave Hughes, Fly Fishing Basics ,
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As nouns the difference between dram and pram
is that dram is a unit of weight avoirdupois while pram is a small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator.As a verb dram
is to drink drams.dram
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dragme, from .Alternative forms
* drachm,Noun
(en noun)- Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as much the forcible hindrance of evildoing.
- a dram of brandy
- a dram of poison
Synonyms
* nip * slug * snifter * totDerived terms
* angel's dramVerb
(dramm)- (Johnson)
- (Thackeray)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Anagrams
* ----pram
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of (perambulator).Noun
(en noun)page 127,
- Janet Bird née Ollerenshaw was pushing her pram along Tockley High Street.
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- For a start the pram' was heavier than it appeared, and also they were pulling it along very uneven ground. The edge of the field was slightly banked which tilted the ' pram at an angle.
page 233,
- Stepping over her, he unbuttoned the pram ?s apron and pulled it back.
- At first he couldn?t make out what the pram' contained. He had to crane himself over, holding his body back from the obscuring light. The ' pram was full of groceries—cabbage, sprouts, potatoes.
Synonyms
* (US) baby carriageCoordinate terms
* (vehicle in which an infant or toddler is pushed in sitting position) baby buggy, pushchair, pusher, strollerDerived terms
* doll's pramEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* prahmNoun
(en noun)page 50,
- Although the pram', like the johnboat, has a squared-off bow as well as stern, the bow lines on the ' pram will be narrower than those encountered on a johnboat.
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- Nothing can beat the simple pleasure of paddling a pram around on a foggy dawn, probing pad flats, stumps and fallen logs for lurking bass.