dry-nurse
Example Sentences
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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
"What else besides being dry-nurse to the king of the Amalekites?"
From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Mundy, Talbot
Some contended that he had been dry-nurse so long as to have acquired the baby-lingo by incessant practice.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
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
Sir Charles did not approve this: it seemed unreasonable to turn a wet-nurse into a dry-nurse when that office was already occupied by a person her senior and more experienced.
From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles
