(UK, healthcare) An inpatient unit for women who have mental health issues around the time of pregnancy or childbirth.
(UK, healthcare) An inpatient unit for women who have mental health issues around the time of pregnancy or childbirth.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Caribbean, BVE, Jamaica) The biological mother of a baby, especially one who is young and unwed.
(especially, UK) : childbirth; a department for childbirth (in a hospital); the suite of rooms for that department.
(UK) A colloquial and mildly pejorative reaction to a clumsy or foolish action.
(informal, idiomatic, North America) A state in which a new mother is forgetful, absent-minded, or easily distracted.
(US, slang, possibly, _, pejorative) The mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried.