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nursery Noun pl -ries 1. a room in a house where children sleep or play 2. a place where children are taken care of when their parents are at work 3. a place where plants and young trees are grown for sale Nursery place where people are fostered or developed; a collection of plants. Examples: nursery of evil, 1606; of kernels and stones, 1664; of racoons; of soldiers, 1839; of ungodliness, 1583; of vices, 1604; of blooming youth, 1820.
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nursery noun crèche, kindergarten, playgroup, play-centre N.Z. Translations |
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I ring for coffee, cigarette, and cherry brandy, and take my chair by the window, just as the absurd little nursery governess comes tripping into the street. He looks upon it as a man may look at a vast nursery in an old, old mansion where innumerable generations of his own people have learned to walk. During the confusion and bewilderment of the second day Mary hid herself in the nursery and was forgotten by everyone. |
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