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give suck

verb as in nurse

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Example Sentences

Choice line: “I have given suck, and know how tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me.

“Gilly is giving suck to Dalla’s son as well as her own. It seems cruel of you to part our little prince from his milk brother, my lord.”

Mothers invariably gave suck to their own children.

After what time, immediately both the said Elizabeth and the infant to whom she gave suck, by the devilry of the said Helen, fell into a consuming sickness, whereof both died.

She shall give suck to the King of the Elements.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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