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ˈnurse-tender
[nurse n.1]
One who tends a sick person; a sick-nurse.
Still current in Ireland, and in south-western dial.
1789C. Smith Ethelinde (1814) IV. 181 Mr. Montgomery was glad of an excuse to play the nurse-tender. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy ii, Mrs. O'Grady was near the bed of the sick man as the nurse-tender entered. 1855Thackeray Newcomes lix, The world is full of Miss Nightingales, and we sick and wounded in our private Scutaris, have countless nurse-tenders. 1872Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 4/2 She was a born nurse tender, as they call sick-room attendants in..Ireland.
So ˈnurse-tending vbl. n., the tending or nursing of the sick. (Cf. nurse-tend v.)
1771E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton II. 264, I..am therefore inclined to elevate the office of nurse-tending, by placing it amongst our rational pleasures. 1792Elvina II. 85 Her talents for nurse-tending. 1888Quiver May 492/1 All the nurse-tending Annette has done. |