wet-nurse

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verb give milk, usually from breast

verb. give milk, usually from breast

She wished they were larger though, and dreamed of having breasts like a wet-nurse.

The choosing of a wet-nurse is a matter of great moment and responsibility.

There was no wet-nurse to be had, but a woman from the village had been sent for.

"Well, I'm damned," said the wet-nurse And went out, looking thoughtful.

I didn't engage to wet-nurse its infants with bank accounts.

Of course the reader recognises in her the wet-nurse who had exchanged her child.

The whole household were immediately sent in quest of a wet-nurse.

It cannot be learned whether when he was staying with the wet-nurse he ever had convulsions.

She was to be his wet-nurse, and to assume the whole charge of the infant.

Nounou—a wet-nurse with a pretty ribboned cap and long streamers.