pram n.2
1. (Scot.) in pl., the legs.
(con. 1920s) No Mean City 57: Her stockings were neat under the short skirt, showing how well built she was in ‘the prams’ (legs). |
2. (UK Und.) a large car.
None But the Lonely Heart 281: Me and Taz got a pram [...] It’s one of them big new Yanks. Smashing job it is. Brand spanking new. |
SE in slang uses
In compounds
a derog. term for a working class, council-estate dwelling young woman and single mother; also attrib.
Holy Toilet June 🌐 After leaving the Sugababes in a rather acrimonious haze, to be replaced by uber pramface, Heidi Range, our Siobhan has been lying low. | ||
Seabass 7 30 Mar. 🌐 The shop assistant at Mick Fleetwood’s [...] local PoundStretcher, a Ms. Lynn Pramface from some council estate or other. | ||
Uses Of Cultural Studies 147: The pramface girl who is poor-looking and with a child in a buggy, is in sharp contrast to the ‘Al’ girls who can spend a disposable income on themselves. | ||
Blood Miracles : ‘Go back to Pramface, don’t lt me keep you’. |
In phrases
to lose one’s temper.
DSUE (8th edn) 918/2: since ca. 1950. | ||
🌐 I TOTALLY AGREE which is the reason as I said in my first post on this topic why I got out of my pram and let rip. | posting 24 Oct. on Isle of Wright Radio message board||
🎵 Don’t jump out of your pram / I’ll definitely put you in your place. | ‘Jus a Rascal’||
Raiders 283: Tasty’s boys started getting a bit out of their prams and took to firing shots on their work. |
(Aus.) reacting in an extreme manner.
We Bushies 77: Now hang on there, boss, don’t get outa y’pram. |