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boarder baby en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An infant kept in hospital because its parents are unable or unfit to take care of it.
    • Another facet of infant abandonment is boarder babies, which are babies who are medically cleared for discharge but incapable of leaving a hospital facility due to caregiver complications or legality issues […] 2019, Mary de Chesnay, Barbara Anderson, Caring for the Vulnerable, page 343:
    • Boarder babies are both a cause and a result of foster care placement shortages. 1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources, The Enemy Within: Crack-cocaine and America's Families:

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