nurserymaid
Example Sentences
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Then I remembered that the dead nurserymaid was French.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Of the two things, it is a thousand times better that they should be attended by a nurserymaid in their infancy than by a feeble, timid, inefficient matron in their youth.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various
He shared her breakfast as he had shared her supper; and immediately after breakfast, mother and daughter, attended by nurserymaid and footman, sallied forth to provide proper luxuries for Chloe's accommodation.
From The Widow's Dog by Mitford, Mary Russell
“No fear,” answered Higson, “I will watch over them as carefully as a hen does her chickens, or a nurserymaid the half-dozen small children committed to her care.”
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
The nurserymaid had been left at home, Nanny was alone with them, Willie had lagged far behind, and had stuffed his mouth, and then 75 with some difficulty all his pockets, full of ripe blackberries.
From What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps by Caldecott, Randolph
