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birth-to-potty en · NOUN

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Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, rare) Clipping of birth-to-potty nappy (“a type of cloth nappy which can be adjusted and lengthened to match the baby's growth, thus allowing the nappy to be worn from around birth (by a newborn) to potty-training age”)
    • So, as a product, there's nothing I can really say against this one. I wouldn't say it's a world apart from some of those I've already tried but it certainly does combine some of the better features, and it is slimmer than the birth-to-potties on young babies. 2009 April 27, Kate Atkinson, “Road Testing the Real Easy”, in Bucks Free Press:
    • Over and beyond 6 months or 18 lbs whichever comes first - we have Tots Bots Easyfits (11- each came for £2), Wonderoos (7) and Dudeybabas and Little Blooms Birth to Potties (8) and Lollipop Bamboos for the night (10 of these- for a total of 9.99 off ebay). 2015 August 20, Focusfocus, “Cloth nappies advice please!!”, in Mumsnet:
    • They are a birth to potty and therefore pretty bulky and being cotton terry they do have a tendancy^([sic]) to go scrunchy in the wash. 2006 December 8, Annette, “Peeweez Recylcled Fitted Review”, in Cloth Nappy Tree, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2015:

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birth-to-potties Number=Plur lexicographic
birth to potty alternative lexicographic