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nurse a drink
nurse a drink
Consume a drink slowly, especially in order to conserve it. For example, He nursed one drink for the whole evening. This idiom alludes to holding a glass very carefully, as one might a child. [c. 1940]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| John | | [dʒɔn] | |
| Jaylin | | JAY-lin | African American (Modern), English (Modern) |
| Yima | | - | Persian Mythology |
| Ragnvald | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
| Laine | | LIE-ne | Estonian |
| Maximiano | | mahk-see-MYAH-no (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |