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dry nurses

dry nurses is the plural of dry nurse.

Meaning of dry nurse

Noun

dry nurse (plural dry nurses)

  1. (historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
    • The family found a dry nurse to take care of the infant.
  2. (archaic, slang) An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.

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Questions about dry nurses

What is dry nurses the plural of?
Dry nurses is the plural of dry nurse.

Words near dry nurses in the dictionary

  1. dry moon
  2. dry mouth
  3. dry needling
  4. dry nurse
  5. dry nursed
  6. dry nurses
  7. dry nursing
  8. dry off
  9. dry one's eyes
  10. dry orgasm
  11. dry orgasms

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