wet nurse

Example Sentences

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As such, the nursery was prepared, wet nurses were on call, and announcement letters were prepared and signed, leaving just the date of delivery and sex of the child to be filled in.

From National Geographic

These alternatives included milk from human wet nurses and animal milk.

From Scientific American

He sucks from his 100-year-old wet nurse’s papery nipples until “her pubis would pulsate and emanate a smell.”

From Los Angeles Times

One is Ina, a blind and aged wet nurse who lived in a cave for decades.

From New York Times

The demands of slave labor prevented mothers from nursing their children, and slave owners separated mothers from their own babies to have them serve as wet nurses, breastfeeding other women’s children.

From Washington Times