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Meanings of play nursemaid in English

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Usage of play nursemaid in English
1
Ivan brought me my meals, clearly disgusted at having to play nursemaid.
Shadow and Bone
2
Don't ye think ye can trust me to play nursemaid for a few hours?
The devil wears plaid
3
She can't play nursemaid forever, just to soothe his ego.
Bittersweet
4
Why, play nursemaid to me, of course.
Dhampir
5
I'm not here to play nursemaid, princess.
The iron king
6
You wish me to play nursemaid?
Poison or Protect
7
So you can't play nursemaid.
The next to die
8
He sees the benefits of being at the side of the king; he doesn't really want to play nursemaid over me.
The White Queen
9
I won't inflict my son on you for more than five days a year, and don't expect me to play nursemaid to yours.
Lightning
10
Think you'll enjoy playing nursemaid all the rest of the trip?
Spacehounds of IPC
11
Dealing with the spooks often involves playing nursemaid-toa particularly paranoid witchfindergeneral, in this case.
The Fuller Memorandum
12
I'm tired of playing nursemaid to you.
The Sky Is Falling
13
"I can't play nursemaid to a couple of kids," Deborah said.
Dexter in the Dark
14
Move back to Switchcreek, back into this house-andspend the next twenty or thirty years playing nursemaid? She shook her head.
The devil's alphabet
15
It's laughable, really, theater of the absurd: the image of you playing nursemaid to a father you cut out of your life years ago.
Lone Wolf
16
"He's perfectly content to let me play nursemaid and housekeeper all day and loving wife in the evening."
Tales of the Jazz Age
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