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feeding bottle

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noun

  1. Also called: nursing bottle.  a bottle fitted with a rubber teat from which infants or young animals suck liquids

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Nyakato alone drinks 12 litres of baby formula a day, drinking greedily when caretaker Onesmus Mutuza, 25, thrusts a feeding bottle into her mouth and squeezes.

From Reuters Apr. 23, 2020

The painting reminds us, says Hanley, “of the prevalence of wet nurses during this period. The ‘modern’ infant feeding bottle was glass and invented in France in the 1850s.

From Washington Post Aug. 22, 2018

But before the introduction of the feeding bottle in the 19th Century, women who were unable or unwilling to breastfeed turned to another option - a wet nurse.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2018

The closest thing to grief they've ever experienced was when the school guinea pig died in a tragic feeding bottle incident a few months ago.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2011

Nor could the brethren beguile the lamb from Jesus with milk, and Jesus taking pity on the faithful animal said: give me the feeding bottle, I will feed him.

From The Brook Kerith A Syrian story by George (George Augustus) Moore

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