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dry nurse n (Business / Professions) a nurse who cares for a child without suckling it Compare wet nurse vb dry-nurse
(Social Welfare) to care for (a baby or young child) without suckling How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"See, here, Wiggle-and-Skip," I says, "you know that it ain't the nature of a real man to play dry nurse to a dog in public. Brown, seeing the boy's inaptitude for female guidance, had decided in Benjy's favour, and from thenceforth the old man was Tom's dry nurse. |
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