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
Your face couldn't deceive me when you were my little nursling, Master Charles, and it can't deceive me now.
From The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
Much discussion occurred and a majority pledged themselves to take the nursling in charge.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
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