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as in to nurse
to give milk to from the breast
wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself
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as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care
recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did
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Recent Examples of wet-nurse
With nowhere else to turn, Karoline takes on the role of a wet-nurse.
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024
In von Horn’s pic, set in post WW1 Copenhagen, the focal point is Karoline (Sonne), a young pregnant factory worker, who takes on the job of a wet-nurse for the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) in order to escape poverty.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 May 2024
With nowhere else to turn, Karoline takes on the role of a wet-nurse, and a strong connection forms between the two women.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 May 2024
In Von Horn’s pic, set in post WW1 Copenhagen, the focal point is Karoline (Sonne), a young pregnant factory worker, who takes on the job of a wet-nurse for the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) in order to escape poverty.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024
In von Horn’s pic, set in post WW1 Copenhagen, the focal point is Karoline (Sonne), a young pregnant factory worker, who takes on the job of a wet-nurse for the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) in order to escape poverty.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 May 2024
With nowhere else to turn, Karoline takes on the role of a wet-nurse, and a strong connection forms between the two women.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 May 2024
In Von Horn’s pic, set in post WW1 Copenhagen, the focal point is Karoline (Sonne), a young pregnant factory worker, who takes on the job of a wet-nurse for the charismatic Dagmar (Dyrholm) in order to escape poverty.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wet-nurse
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Bosa, as well as two other star players, left tackle Trent Williams (ankle) and tight end George Kittle (hamstring) are all listed as questionable to play and the reality is each may need to be nursed to a distant regular season finish line with nearly half the schedule left to play.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Tight end Isaiah Likely missed most of last week nursing a hamstring injury.Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
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Dodge won't spoil the surprise by confirming if the last one will be based on the Charger or the Challenger (or maybe both), but the evidence suggests the latter is more likely.Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 Feb. 2023
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Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.Monica Mark, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2023
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Joan jumped on her leg in an attempt to get some and started to suckle the cheese.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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After the birth, the infant was showing strong signs of suckling, and zoo staff thought that Kianga was providing excellent care, the release states.Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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The sensitive child of the bunch doesn’t need to be babied.Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Nov. 2023
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Plus, judging by Dustin May, Walker Buehler and many others, babying a pitcher doesn’t seem too effective.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
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She was born on June 10, to mother Jona, 25 and father Tony, 24, and has two siblings named Pork Stew and Sweet Pork, according to previous USA TODAY reporting.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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That divine feminine energy and the space to create and to mother a project.Reanna Cruz, Vulture, 25 June 2024
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“Wet-nurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet-nurse. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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