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plural nursemaids
A woman or girl employed to care for children. examples
third-person singular simple present nursemaids, present participle nursemaiding, simple past and past participle nursemaided
To tend to as a nursemaid. examples
(colloquial) To care for or look after. quotations examples
‘Make the most of it,’ said Ford. ‘Because what I want you to do is to nursemaid that package out of the building.
1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 14, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 120