dry-nurse
Example Sentences
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I don't envy Hignett if he has to dry-nurse the Gnome's commander.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
"What else besides being dry-nurse to the king of the Amalekites?"
From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Mundy, Talbot
Meantime the first lieutenant had sent for Paul Pringle, and, knowing how thoroughly he could be trusted, had given him his instructions to look after Mr Nott—in other words, to act as his dry-nurse.
From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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.
