give suck

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Woe be in those days to them that are with child, and to them that give suck.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

The teats of female animals, when they give suck, become rigid and erected, in the same manner as in the last article, from the pleasurable sensation of the love of the mother to her offspring.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Suckle, suk′l, v.t. to give suck to: to nurse at the breast.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

From Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark by

"The Muse gave birth to Collins," says Swinburne; "she did but give suck to Gray."

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)