nurseling
Americannoun
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In a little while, the Oryctes is a noisome mass on which the nurseling lies poisoned.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
See there, see there, where, high in air, the nurse and nurseling fly!
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
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
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
Probably the hen who has reared a duckling and sees it sail off into the water experiences, alongside her natural apprehension and astonishment, a somewhat similar pride in the startling proclivities evinced by her nurseling.
From The Lamp of Fate by Pedler, Margaret
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