bundle of joy

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Noun

bundle of joy (plural bundles of joy) (idiomatic)

  1. A newborn baby.
    • 2005, Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Robert W. Ullman, Rage-Free Kids, Picnic Point Press, →ISBN, page 132:
      Nature took its course, and Marie did give birth to a bundle of joy, but she soon discovered that motherhood was not all bliss.
  2. A child.
  3. (less common) A pet.
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