dry-nurse

Example Sentences

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At last, however, she relented, and concluded to remain on earth as dry-nurse to Mr. Bassett.

From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles

Then Tasso, with his enchanted forests and his other improbabilities; are they more than childish tales? tales, too, not in fancy to be compared with those of that venerable dry-nurse, Mother Bunch. 

From The Life of Lord Byron by Galt, John

I don’t want to dry-nurse you, nor are you the man to let me, but two heads are better than one, and you may sometimes be glad of a hint.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert

Don't you believe it, my friend—that's the sort to give 'em—some'un who will sort of dry-nurse 'em—feed em—mind 'em.

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John

Say, had the Court no better place to choose For thee, than make a dry-nurse of thy Muse?

From Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) by Melville, Lewis