Nursie

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nurse. childish, mainly, term-of-address

    "“Bravo, Nursie!” cried Marway. “There ain't a flunkey of you all could do it better!” Clare said nothing, finished the job, and stood up."

Example

More examples

"He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward, you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!"

Etymology

From nurse + -ie.

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