wet-nurse in the PONS Dictionary

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Instead, a wet-nurse would be employed from the local village to breastfeed the baby.
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My opinion, not confidential, is that it is the damndest, meanest monopoly on the face of the earth--the wet-nurse for all other monopolies.
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One uses her nanny as a wet-nurse.
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It was common, particularly among richer families, to employ a wet-nurse to care for the child.
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With a gift of a bottle of wine and the application of its contents, the landlady is mollified, and she agrees to find care and a wet-nurse for the child.
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