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
As Walderhurst is short of female relatives, it would have fallen to me to decently dry-nurse you.
From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
I don't envy Hignett if he has to dry-nurse the Gnome's commander.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
Some contended that he had been dry-nurse so long as to have acquired the baby-lingo by incessant practice.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
Yet I am no novice in my duties as dry-nurse.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
