1
as in nurses
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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2
as in spoils
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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Nothing spoils a Sunday afternoon outside with the family quite like your youngest child being carried off by a horde of maladjusted howler monkeys.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Pre-cut produce also spoils quicker and could pick up pathogens when sliced open.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Wet-nurses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet-nurses. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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