freeze baby

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freeze baby (plural freeze babies)

  1. (slang) A person easily susceptible to cold.
    • 2011, Mary Ellis, A Marriage for Meghan, →ISBN, page 222:
      It'll take a while before you're no longer a freeze-baby.
    • 2012, Erin McCarthy, Donna Kauffman, Kate Angell, Unwrapped, →ISBN, page 68:
      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.
    • 2012, Steve Barry, The Barry Patch, →ISBN, page 91:
      On a side note, my daughter (who gets it honestly from her mother) is a freeze baby. You rarely find either of them without socks on their feet.
    • 2013, Alisha Groothousen, The Intriguing Side of Art, →ISBN, page 257:
      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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