dry-nurse

Example Sentences

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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

Thank you—to play the dry-nurse to three starving brats.

From The Saint's Tragedy by Kingsley, Charles

Don't you believe it, my friend—that's the sort to give 'em—some'un who will sort of dry-nurse 'em—feed em—mind 'em.

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John

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

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.