nurseling
Americannoun
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Now nation looks to nation, that may live Their common nurseling, like the torrent's flower, Shaken by foul Destruction's fast-piled heap.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
This is puericulture, and includes everything that is being done for the supervision, protection, and assistance of the mother and nurseling.
From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred
They were outside Magda's dressing-room by this time, and Virginie, who had flown to her nurseling the moment the dance was at an end, opened the door in response to Lady Arabella's preemptory knock.
From The Lamp of Fate by Pedler, Margaret
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 startled hermit glared from his nurseling to Margaret, and from her to him, in amazement, equalled only by his agitation at her so unexpected return.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles
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