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

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

"They'll be looking for a bridegroom for her soon," said the nurserymaid.

From The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Baring, Maurice

“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

It is not to be supposed that Gertrude watched all this with no thought beyond the little nurserymaid.

From Christie Redfern's Troubles by Lintott, Edward Barnard