dry-nurse
Example Sentences
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And so with his suite— With the three little Barins, The wet-nurse, the dry-nurse, The ancient retainers, The woolly white poodles,— Along through the hayfields Proceeds the Pomyéshchick.
From Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? by Soskice, Juliet M.
And then the procession, The three little Barins, The wet-nurse, the dry-nurse, 240 The ancient retainers, The woolly white poodles, Moves onward to lunch.
From Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? by Soskice, Juliet M.
Yet I am no novice in my duties as dry-nurse.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
You are doomed to dry-nurse Martin for life, whether he wants you or no.
From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
If the traders require a dry-nurse system, let them formulate one in place of the one sketched above.
From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
