nursemaid
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nursemaid (plural nursemaids)
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child's nurse
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nursemaid (third-person singular simple present nursemaids, present participle nursemaiding, simple past and past participle nursemaided)
- To tend to as a nursemaid.
- (colloquial) To care for or look after.
- I don't believe I have to nursemaid these two rookies through their entire probationary period.
- 1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 14, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 120:
- ‘Make the most of it,’ said Ford. ‘Because what I want you to do is to nursemaid that package out of the building.