nursingwear

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From nursing +‎ -wear.

Noun[edit]

nursingwear (uncountable)

  1. Clothing to be worn for nursing.
    • 1999, Katie Allison Granju, Betsy Kennedy, Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 41:
      Peapods features slings in many fabrics and colors, unique nursingwear, attachment parenting and breastfeeding books, as well as toys.
    • 2000 January/February, Mothering, number 98, page 17:
      the complete Motherhood nursingwear spring collection
    • 2001, Anne P. Mark, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Breastfeeding, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 311:
      Fabulous nursingwear for all occasions.
    • 2006, Matt Kellogg, Jillian Quint, editors, Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers, New York, N.Y.: Random House Trade Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 288:
      In her free time, she likes to write proposals to major clothing manufacturers asking them to design and carry nursingwear.
    • 2007, Bridget Swinney, Baby Bites, Meadowbrook Press, →ISBN, page 29:
      Here are some good online sources for nursingwear: []
    • 2011, London’s Best Shops, Time Out Guides, →ISBN, page 112, column 2:
      The lingerie and nursingwear sections are especially strong (with a large range of items from Boob), and staff are trained in bra fittings by Royal College of Midwives instructors, so can offer advice on anything from sizing to fabrics.
    • 2015 April/May, Fit Pregnancy, page 88:
      The freshest nursingwear on the planet!