dry-nurse
Example Sentences
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And now it had been of little use to take a dry-nurse in her place, for Andree did not cease shrieking from morning till night.
From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
As Walderhurst is short of female relatives, it would have fallen to me to decently dry-nurse you.
From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
Say, had the Court no better place to choose For thee, than make a dry-nurse of thy Muse?
From Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) by Melville, Lewis
I am not going to dry-nurse a girl at the age of fifty-four.
From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
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.
