dry nurses (0 synonym found)

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Definition of dry nurses:

(v) : To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
(n) : (chiefly historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
(n) : (nautical, slang, archaic) An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
(v) : (nautical, slang, archaic) Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.

Definition of dry nurses:

(v) : To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
(n) : (chiefly historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
(n) : (nautical, slang, archaic) An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
(v) : (nautical, slang, archaic) Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.

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