nurserymaid

Example Sentences

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Then I remembered that the dead nurserymaid was French.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

"And as different from the little one as cloth from silk," said the nurserymaid.

From The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Baring, Maurice

One of the laundresses let me have her daughter for nurserymaid, and our small establishment at Camp MacDowell moved on smoothly, if not with elegance.

From Vanished Arizona by Summerhayes, Martha

He shared her breakfast as he had shared her supper; and immediately after breakfast, mother and daughter, attended by nurserymaid and footman, sallied forth to provide proper luxuries for Chloe's accommodation.

From The Widow's Dog by Mitford, Mary Russell

The nurserymaid had been left at home, Nanny was alone with them, Willie had lagged far behind, and had stuffed his mouth, and then 75 with some difficulty all his pockets, full of ripe blackberries.

From What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps by Caldecott, Randolph