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Wet nurse   Listen
noun
Wet nurse  n.  A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.






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"Wet nurse" Quotes from Famous Books



... created an upheaval in the Samoncho[u] household. The wet nurse required brought with her a train of servants. With the child's growth this was maintained, even increased. The young lady (Ojo[u]san) found herself graduated into one with a status to maintain. All the niggardly habits of Matazaemon were thrown to the winds with the advent of this ...
— The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari - Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) • James S. De Benneville



Words linked to "Wet nurse" :   wetnurse, nanny, wet-nurse, nursemaid, amah



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