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nurse-ins

nurse-ins is the plural of nurse-in.

Meaning of nurse-in

Noun

nurse-in (plural nurse-ins)

  1. A demonstration in which women gather in public to breastfeed their children.
    • A nationwide nurse-in descended on Target stores this week after a mom in Texas complained when employees said she could not feed her baby in the store.2011 December 31, Beth Brelje, “Mother defends breastfeeding in public despite criticism”, in Pocono Record, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2012

Questions about nurse-ins

What is nurse-ins the plural of?
Nurse-ins is the plural of nurse-in.

Words near nurse-ins in the dictionary

  1. nurse's assistants
  2. nurse's we
  3. nurse-assistant
  4. nurse-assistants
  5. nurse-in
  6. nurse-ins
  7. nurse-practitioner
  8. nurse-practitioners
  9. nurse-tender
  10. nursebot
  11. nursebots

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