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a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children
- wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanny. Accessed 26 May. 2022.
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