baby bust

baby bust

n.

A sudden decline in the birthrate, especially the one in the United States and Canada from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.

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ba′by-bust′ adj.

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ba′by bust`

n.

a period of sharp decrease in the birthrate, as that in the United States after 1965.

[1970–75, Amer.]

ba′by bust`er, n.

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