noun
a young child or baby
preposition
a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause
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The young mother held her babe in arms as she walked through the park.
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She looked so cute with her babe in arms, didn't she?
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I saw a dude with a babe in arms at the mall yesterday.
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The new project was like a babe in arms for the inexperienced team, they had no idea how to handle it.