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dry nurse
1noun
- a nurse who takes care of but does not breast-feed another's infant. Compare wet nurse.
- Informal. a person who tutors and guides an inexperienced person at work.
dry-nurse
2[ drahy-nurs ]
verb (used with object)
dry-nursed, dry-nursing.
- to act as a dry nurse to.
dry nurse
noun
- a nurse who cares for a child without suckling it Compare wet nurse
verb
- to care for (a baby or young child) without suckling
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dry nurse1
First recorded in 1590–1600
Origin of dry nurse2
First recorded in 1575–85
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I seem to need a dry nurse quite as much as my children.
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The young man was more than content that Edward Ambrose should take charge of his literary affairs and "dry nurse him" through these early and in some ways very critical months of his fame.
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You set back there if you want to, and play dry nurse to your twins—your family scandal on one arm and your governor’s boom on the other.
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After the child had been weaned it was fed by the dry nurse and the mother with pap, made chiefly of honey.
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I’m no dry nurse to fellows shy of sand.
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