A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
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Examples for "amah "
Examples for "amah "
1 We were alone in the house, except for the amah and Angus.
2 Their voices and the answers of the serving amah filled the kitchen with noise.
3 The amah is yours to hire-orfire if you wish.
4 It was all worth it for moments like this with my family, my sister, my amah .
5 The amah 's voice laughed with an equal gaiety.
1 You must come with me at once and choose a wet nurse .
2 I left her at the wet nurse 's breast and she is feeding.'
3 He said it was demeaning, and I should find a wet nurse .
4 He takes to the wet nurse 's milk and she suckles him constantly.
5 We will need to find another wet nurse for his milk brother.
1 This was Nari, a widowed kinswoman of Iya's, chosen to be the child's wetnurse .
2 But I am also beginning to feel drawn to him, as I am growing more and more tired of acting as wetnurse .
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