dry-nurse

Example Sentences

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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

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

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.)