noun
Etymology
Origin of nursling
Example Sentences
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Other times, the older nursling will naturally decide to stop.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2022
Being “a native and nursling of the moors”, Emily had made a book that was “hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials”.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2018
In Phoenix, the nursling Journal faces tough competition from Eugene C. Pulliam's aggressive Republic, with its competent, extensive news coverage and its sustained interest in Phoenix' phenomenal growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Underneath Day's azure eyes Ocean's nursling, Venice lies, A peopled labyrinth of walls, Amphitrite's destined halls, Which her hoary sire now paves5 With his blue and beaming waves.
From Poems on Travel by Various
Yes, her mother was become a figure of romance to her, as well as a nursling.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel
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