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

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

From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard

And now it had been of little use to take a dry-nurse in her place, for Andree did not cease shrieking from morning till night.

From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

Pitt had compared Robinson to a jack-boot; but personal opinions vary according to points of view; Sir Thomas might be contemptible as a leader, but useful as a dry-nurse.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

If the traders require a dry-nurse system, let them formulate one in place of the one sketched above.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta