ˈbāb noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English — more at babble
1.
a. : infant , baby
a babe in arms
the book is not milk for babes — Thomas Pyles
b. slang : girl , woman
the blond babe who helps the gangster — P.T.Hartung
2. obsolete : doll
3. : an innocent, inexperienced, or ignorant person
in the matter of handling money, he was just a babe
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- babe in the woods