nursling

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Other times, the older nursling will naturally decide to stop.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022

Being “a native and nursling of the moors”, Emily had made a book that was “hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2018

In Phoenix, the nursling Journal faces tough competition from Eugene C. Pulliam's aggressive Republic, with its competent, extensive news coverage and its sustained interest in Phoenix' phenomenal growth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Your face couldn't deceive me when you were my little nursling, Master Charles, and it can't deceive me now.

From The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

It was confined to Danny, her nursling, but over his movements it was an absolute gift.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir