nourice
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nourice
Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at nurse
Example Sentences
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And bonny sang the mavis Out o’ the thorny brake; But sairer grat the nourice, When she was tied to the stake.
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Frank Sidgwick
But the nourice was a fause limmer As e’er hung on a tree; She laid a plot wi’ Lamkin, Whan her lord was o’er the sea.
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Frank Sidgwick
Says the Lammikin; "She is in her bower sewing," The false nourice did sing.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
I hadna been a month married, Till my gude lord went to the sea: I bare a bairn ere he came hame, And set it on the nourice knee.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
"O still my bairn, nourice, O still him wi' the bell!"
From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates
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