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holdall(dictionary)

infanticide (iou) and holdall (iou)


infanticide (iou)



infanticide noun. M17.
[French from late Latin infanticidium, -da, from Latin infant-: see INFANT noun1, -CIDE.]
a. The killing of infants; esp. (chiefly Hist.), the custom of killing newborn infants. M17.
b. spec. in Law. The killing of an infant after its birth by one or both of the parents or with parental consent. L18.
A person who kills an infant, esp. his or her own child. L17.
? In the UK, under the Infanticide Act of 1938, the killing of a child under 12 months by his or her mother during postnatal depression etc. is treated as manslaughter.
infanti'cidal adjective of, pertaining to, or practising infanticide M19.

holdall (iou)



holdall noun. M19.
[from HOLD verb + ALL pronoun.]
A portable case or bag for miscellaneous articles.