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wet nurse definition
wet nurse
a woman hired to suckle another's child
wet-nurse definition
wet·-nurse (-nʉrs′)
transitive verb wet-nursed -·nursed′, wet-nursing -·nurs′ing
- to act as wet nurse to
- to give overly careful attention to
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