dry-nurse
Example Sentences
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What would become of you, I wonder, if I wasn't to take you in to dry nurse?
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett
After the child had been weaned it was fed by the dry nurse and the mother with pap, made chiefly of honey.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
The regiment, of course, is distributed among the ships, and the Fleet dry nurse 'em.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
"Since when have you come to the conclusion that I need a dry nurse?"
From Red Money by Hume, Fergus
“A nice dry nurse you be!” said Jack Gedge.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
