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[Verb] | "dry-nurse" | \ (ˈ)drī-ˈnərs \

1: to take care of but not breastfeed (another woman's baby) : to act as a dry nurse to

2: to give unnecessary supervision to

Origin: 1581 ;

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[Noun] | "dry nurse"

1: a woman who takes care of but does not breastfeed another woman's baby

Origin: 1598 ;

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[Noun] | "dry nurse"

1: a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children;

* e.g., " ... after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own "

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