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Meanings of old nurse in English

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Usage of old nurse in English
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Among the latest victims was a 52-year- old nurse from the Basque country.
The Guardian
2
The 40-year- old nurse was due home on Wednesday following ten months travelling.
The Irish Times
3
They found the old nurse packing dainty white dresses in a trunk.
Mary's Rainbow
4
So the princess and her old nurse were left with the prince.
The Light Princess
5
Petru turned away in anger, and went back to his old nurse.
The Violet Fairy Book
6
When the old nurse heard this she wept and beat her breast.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
7
There is the dinner bell, and Ruth still chattering with old nurse.
Esther : a book for girls
8
Other stories the old nurse had, about hidden treasures and buried gold.
The Gold Of Fairnilee
9
You'd be Rosalind-butyou've a dash of the old nurse in you.
Night and Day
10
I used to cobble for old nurse when I was at home.
The Rebel of the School
11
His old nurse has asked me, and I find I cannot answer.
The Old Stone House and Other Stories
12
He tenderly loved his old nurse, and left her a small pension.
East of Paris: Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champa...
13
Gregory looked up his old nurse, whom he found comfortable and happy.
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman
14
Meanwhile Netta left the room, and went to her old nurse's apartment.
The Iron Horse
15
Her old nurse would have done as much for someone in pain.
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
16
She stays with her old nurse, Olivia, upon her return to Montreal.
The new yorker
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Old nurse through the time
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Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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