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dry nurses

noun

plural of dry nurse

as in nurses

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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Ahmed Abdullahi, chair of the Council of Governors, last week urged nurses to call off their strike and give the government time for negotiations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Many nurses and union officials said strengthening the law is essential and that the law’s language is unclear, leaving it open to different interpretations.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

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The filing accused Thomas of having refused to allow nannies into his house with his daughter, including one assigned by the court, and of using drugs.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026
Long after the abolition of slavery, many white southerners, including my father, who was born into the first breaths of the civil-rights movement, were still raised by Black nannies.

— Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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