nursemaid

Example Sentences

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Dr Buck Ruxton had given various explanations for the disappearance of his wife Isabella and their nursemaid Mary Rogerson.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

She’d been working since she was 11 years old, first as a nursemaid during summer breaks, then as a cook for wealthier families.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023

Frances left school to work as a seamstress and nursemaid for a white Baltimore family that owned a bookshop.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

Gravity, an impatient professor and a sassy nursemaid hinder movers trying to deliver a player piano to an upstairs address.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2020

Doña Charito dipped her brush into a jar of water and made all manner of finicky, tidying up, tapping noises on the brim, like a nursemaid spooning mouthfuls for a difficult baby.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez