"freeze baby" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-freeze baby.ogg [Australia] Forms: freeze babies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} freeze baby (plural freeze babies)
  1. (slang) A person easily susceptible to cold. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-freeze_baby-en-noun-~hZLPhq- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, Erin McCarthy, Donna Kauffman, Kate Angell, Unwrapped, page 68",
          "text": "I'll get the bottles. I'm the one who stuck them out there. And you're a freeze baby, while I'm clearly not.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Steve Barry, The Barry Patch, page 91",
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          "ref": "2013, Alisha Groothousen, The Intriguing Side of Art, page 257",
          "text": "I rush inside as quickly as I can, not waiting for Eric as he trails behind me. I am a freeze baby, cold and I do not blend well at all.",
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