nurserymaid

Example Sentences

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Then I remembered that the dead nurserymaid was French.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

I won’t be a nurserymaid, nor a lady’s-maid, far less a lady’s companion, or a mantua-maker, or a straw-bonnet maker, or a taker-in of plain work. 

From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

“No fear,” answered Higson, “I will watch over them as carefully as a hen does her chickens, or a nurserymaid the half-dozen small children committed to her care.”

From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald

What a pity, that instead of a princess in distress we meet only a nurserymaid!

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

"And as different from the little one as cloth from silk," said the nurserymaid.

From The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Baring, Maurice