nursling
Example Sentences
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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
"I presume that a nursling is the only really normal human being," remarked Gordon.
From A Top-Floor Idyl by George Van Schaick
"Would you like to have a handsome nursling, Mother Lamitz?" said he, just for a joke.
From A Divided Heart and Other Stories by Paul Heyse
