as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children
after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own
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Noun
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Additional charges filed against Frank Blessing, 58, of Simi Valley include assault against a police officer, vandalism over $400, and battery against a nurse or doctor, according to the Ventura County district attorney’s office.—
Seamus Bozeman
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Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026 -
The nurses refused to increase her morphine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Tamaya Denae posts on TikTok about her Arizona nanny life.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
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One pivotal moment in their BFF history came in 1990 when King, 71, found her now ex-husband, William Bumpus, getting intimate with a friend — while her 2- and 3-year-old children were home with their nanny.—
Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 May 2026
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“Dry nurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry%20nurse. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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