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Definition of Nourices
1. nourice [n] - See also: nourice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nourices
Literary usage of Nourices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"... in the black bosoms of grizzly- put«! nourices, who have been slaves for a
century and a half—for négresses live, in spite of all their torments, ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1864)
"... et acheter benefices; Les enfans en bras des nourices Estre Abbe's, Eveques,
Prieurs, Chevaucher tres bien les deux soeurs, Tuer les gens pour leurs ..."
3. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Bi the whiche she left yonge Eustace somwhat to longe fro the breste, wherfore
he began to weepe so fast that a woman beinge one of the nourices ranne ..."
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