nurseling
Americannoun
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She had grown just as the bush wild flowers grow—hardy, unchecked, almost untended; for, though old nurse had always been there, her nurseling had gone her own way from the time she could toddle.
From A Little Bush Maid by Bruce, Mary Grant
The disgorging must be effected without lacerating the victim, which the nurseling must receive in the fresh state; and the operation is impracticable on a paralysed insect because of the resistance of the stomach.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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
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 Greene, Nathaniel
"If I should, be assured I will mourn for you as the nurseling for his nurse!"
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
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