dry-nurse

Example Sentences

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Yet I am no novice in my duties as dry-nurse.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard

"What else besides being dry-nurse to the king of the Amalekites?"

From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Mundy, Talbot

And so with his suite—   With the three little Barins, The wet-nurse, the dry-nurse,   The ancient retainers, The woolly white poodles,— Along through the hayfields   Proceeds the Pomyéshchick.

From Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? by Soskice, Juliet M.

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

I don't envy Hignett if he has to dry-nurse the Gnome's commander.

From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard