Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bottle fitted with a rubber tip, or a tube and nipple, from which an infant draws milk by sucking.
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Examples
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And there were some who should have been at home pulling on a nursing-bottle or attending a kindergarten.
History of the Gatling Gun Detachment John Henry Parker
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He is fed by means of a nursing-bottle made of a yard of rubber hose and a large funnel.
Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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I've been surprised that the man who is father of so many children has not invented a better nursing-bottle or colic exterminator.
A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" William H. Maher
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She had to get a baby's nursing-bottle to raise the lamb with, and it is just too funny to see her feed it.
Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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Having long since given up the hope of any active assistance from his audience, he doggedly set to work to fashion a nursing-bottle.
Rainbow's End Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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He told himself that he needed a trip through the Holy Land with a guardian and a nursing-bottle; then he paused on the curb and stamped on his corn for
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Weaning is rendered easier by selecting a nursing-bottle which has the nipple in the shape of the breast.
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Marion Mills Miller 1906
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Josiah, then a very small baby badger, was heaved on board the Presidential train out in Kansas last year, by a little girl who shouted his name after the train, and was brought up on a nursing-bottle till he cut his teeth.
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Then he wanted to know what was in Souris 'pack, whether I carried condensed milk for my nursing-bottle.
The Princess Passes 1901
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Well, sir, not to tire you, I made a nursing-bottle for the baby and fed it.
The Hidden Hand 1888
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