Nurse-in
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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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