dry-nurse
Example Sentences
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You are doomed to dry-nurse Martin for life, whether he wants you or no.
From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
Brighteye listened intently to the faint, unmistakable family noises issuing therefrom, and then, like a thoughtful dry-nurse, went off to find for his mate a tender white root of horse-tail grass.
From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley
I’m not going to drive bullocks, or dry-nurse a flock of sheep, for any man.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.
At last, however, she relented, and concluded to remain on earth as dry-nurse to Mr. Bassett.
From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles
Pitt had compared Robinson to a jack-boot; but personal opinions vary according to points of view; Sir Thomas might be contemptible as a leader, but useful as a dry-nurse.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
