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dry nurse

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Definition of dry nurse

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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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The high amount of overtime at the mental health department is related mainly to nurses working at Whiting and Connecticut Valley Hospital, both in Middletown.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
You were born in Cleveland, your mother’s a nurse, and your dad’s a tattoo artist?

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026

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Just as many people can’t afford to have someone else clean their homes, landscape their yards or nanny their kids, those struggling to make ends meet may need to lean on AI assistance.

— Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
In her younger years, Caterham was a nanny and ran a nursery.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

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