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dry nurse

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Synonyms and Antonyms of DRY NURSE

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>
Synonyms babysitter, dry nurse, nanny (also nannie), nursemaid, nurser, sitter

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