- a variation of nursling.
nurseling
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In both cases the new diet was accepted without hesitation, a proof that it suited the nurseling; but in a day or two putrescence supervened and the Scolia perished on the fetid morsel.
From More Hunting Wasps by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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 Charles Reade
Bloom stays with nurse a thought to send a kind word to happy mother and nurseling up there.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
Let them all go," said he, "these magnates, to kiss the hand of this emperor of seven months, and wallow in the dust before the cradle of a whimpering nurseling!
From The Daughter of an Empress by Nathaniel Greene
As hereditary taints and hereditary virtues are reproduced in the mortal babe, we shall find definite traces of our earthly individuality in the heavenly nurseling.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
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