Nurse-in

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From nurse + -in, by analogy with sit-in.

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