bucket baby
n.— «She will be going to her first ever halter show on April 1st.…We were worried that she would be stunted due to being a bucket baby, but that was not the case with her.» —“Meet Our Rescue/Rehab Patients” Rocky Acres Ranch and Equine Designs (Clarksville, Arkansas) Mar. 8, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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