nurseling
Americannoun
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The little breakfast-roll is arranged in rings regulated according to the age of the nurseling: first the syrupy outside and at the very end the dry inside.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The pile of honey laboriously gathered by the mother will not even be broken in upon by the nurseling for which it was intended.
From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
To ascertain which is the King And which the other, To Barataria's Court I'll bring His foster-mother; Her former nurseling to declare She'll be delighted.
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
She had grown just as the bush wild flowers grow—hardy, unchecked, almost untended; for, though old nurse had always been there, her nurseling had gone her own way from the time she could toddle.
From A Little Bush Maid by Bruce, Mary Grant
If ye court society for pastime,—what happier recreation than a nurseling.
From Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Leslie, Madeline
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