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US
/ˈnæni/
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[ UK /nˈæni/ ]
[ UK /nˈæni/ ]
NOUN
- female goat
- a woman who is the custodian of children
How To Use nanny In A Sentence
- Oddly, these TV wreck detectives are always trying to find out something which the experienced real divers nannying them around the wreck discovered when they first dived the ship 20 years ago.
- On the taxes proposed she said, "Those concerned by our wish list's ` nanny state 'implications might helpfully redirect their focus to the many unseen measures intentionally adopted by the food industry to shape our behaviour … It seems that without our knowledge or consent we are subject to the pervasive' nannying 'activities of industry. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- That, and his extraordinary capacity for self-sacrificing friendship, loyalty and sweet-natured nannying, have been his quadruple of acclaimed lifetime's high-lights.
- And does a modern live-in nanny eat with the family? Times, Sunday Times
- Having said that, I'm not in favour of a ban, because I'm a liberal at heart, and don't think government has any place nannying people.
- Synths, banjo, trumpet, and anything else found around the studio gets thrown in, creating the feeling of some sort of strange, postmodern hootenanny.
- It was my role - apparently - to decode the story, suggest its origins, play down its significance and generally nanny him into a better humour.
- With her long black skirt and fruit and flower bedecked hat she looked every inch the children's nanny and as a nursery teacher in real life it's a role she is not entirely unfamiliar with.
- But Canada's nanny is not just the caring nurse; she's also a strict governess.
- This year you too could buy someone in a low income country a mosquito net or a nanny goat.