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Meanings of wet-nurse in inglês

português
ama-de-leite
catalão
nodrissa
espanhol
aya

A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.

ama-de-leite
português
alimentar um bebê com o leite produzido pelas próprias glândulas mamárias
catalão
alletar
espanhol
dar de mamar

Give suck to.

alimentar um bebê com o leite produzido pelas próprias glândulas mamárias
Usage of wet-nurse in inglês
1
The whole household were immediately sent in quest of a wet-nurse.
Rattlin the Reefer
2
In one corner is an outline of a wet-nurse, and the baby Tutankhaten.
News.com.au
3
She 'as never failed yet to suit 'erself in a situation as wet-nurse.
Esther Waters
4
Of course, the reader recognises in her the wet-nurse who had exchanged her child.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
5
The first child had a healthy wet-nurse, and has grown a fine healthy lad.
The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease
6
She wished they were larger though, and dreamed of having breasts like a wet-nurse.
L'Assommoir
7
I didn't engage to wet-nurse its infants with bank accounts.
A Son of the Sun
8
Is it my fault that she acts like a wet-nurse?
Maurice Guest
9
In due time I bring him back to Ste.-Genevieve's for an appointment with a wet-nurse.
The confusion
10
My mother was wet-nurse to the Adamses and they thought the world and all of her.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
11
A second wet-nurse was sought for and found.
The Blue Pavilions
12
Or do you think you are my wet-nurse?
Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa
13
Shelley needed excuses for his altered attitude toward his wife; Providence pitied him and sent the wet-nurse.
In Defence of Harriet Shelley
14
Shelley needed excuses for his altered attitude towards his wife; Providence pitied him and sent the wet-nurse.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
15
The situation of wet-nurse is just what you wants at the time, and it is good money.
Esther Waters
16
To-morrow morning you shall have the wet-nurse.
Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 03
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