crèche

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There is a free crèche for the under-eights and children are given an early supper in their own dining room.

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  1. A public nursery where the children of women who go out to work are cared for during the day, usually for a small payment.
  2. An asylum for foundlings and infants which have been abandoned.

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  • The church site will also include four offices, a reception area, a conference room, cry room, library, crèche, kitchen and extra storage area. —  Central Western Daily
  • There's a crèche, a youth centre with an outreach programme, a full-service health centre to cater for 500 kids under the age of 18 as well as two outdoor swimming pools, one for lounging around and the other for lapping. —  An Irish Town Planner's Blog
  • The authority approved the development of 294 apartments, a 232-bedroom hotel, a shopping centre, embassy buildings, a cultural centre and crèche. —  An Irish Town Planner's Blog
  • As regards social and community benefits arising from the proposed project, Ms Chalmers said about three acres of lands would be given back to the city, with a minimum of 30 crèche places at a subsidised rate for low-income households. —  An Irish Town Planner's Blog
  • Department spokesperson Fred Mokoko said the crèche was not registered with the department, as the law did not require such registration at this stage. —  News24
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  1. French, from Old French creche, a crib, later English cratch, q. v.
 

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