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wet-nurse

[wet-nurs]
–verb (used with object), -nursed, -nurs⋅ing.
1. to act as a wet nurse to (an infant).
2. to give excessive care or attention to; treat as if helpless: The warden is accused of wet-nursing his prisoners.

Origin:
1775–85
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noun
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: wet nurse
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