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
One of the laundresses let me have her daughter for nurserymaid, and our small establishment at Camp MacDowell moved on smoothly, if not with elegance.
From Vanished Arizona by Martha Summerhayes
It was somewhat comical to watch him eyeing a stout young nurserymaid, who had brought a plump baby with her.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 by Various
If you are a nurserymaid, attend to your duties; and do not presume to ape your elders.
From Back to Methuselah by Bernard Shaw
