nurse-in
English edit
Etymology edit
From nurse + in, by analogy with sit-in.
Noun edit
- A demonstration in which women gather in public to breastfeed their children.
- 2011 December 31, Beth Brelje, “Mother defends breastfeeding in public despite criticism”, in Pocono Record:
- A nationwide nurse-in descended on Target stores this week after a mom in Texas complained when employees said she could not feed her baby in the store.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nurse-in.