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also nannie
as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children
wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet
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Childhood was spent in the company of cruel nannies in a falling-apart stone mansion in Northern Ireland.
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Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Published in France in 1958 and the United States in 1959, the book of 83 photos taken across the country—everyday scenes of cowboys, nannies, storefronts and more, with visual undertones of politics, alienation, power and injustice—influenced an entire generation of photographers.
—Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
According to the nanny, law enforcement had arrived at the house and was attempting to lock her and Michele's children out of the home.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
The hearing ended with Walker ordered to pay £12,500 in child maintenance per month plus one-off fees of £5,000 for furniture and £30,000 for a car to be used by a nanny.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Published in France in 1958 and the United States in 1959, the book of 83 photos taken across the country—everyday scenes of cowboys, nannies, storefronts and more, with visual undertones of politics, alienation, power and injustice—influenced an entire generation of photographers.
—Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
According to the nanny, law enforcement had arrived at the house and was attempting to lock her and Michele's children out of the home.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
The hearing ended with Walker ordered to pay £12,500 in child maintenance per month plus one-off fees of £5,000 for furniture and £30,000 for a car to be used by a nanny.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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