nurse-in

English

Etymology

From nurse +‎ -in, by analogy with sit-in.

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Noun

nurse-in (plural nurse-ins)

  1. A demonstration in which women gather in public to breastfeed their children.
    • 2011 December 31, Beth Brelje, “Mother defends breastfeeding in public despite criticism”, in Pocono Record‎[1], archived from the original on 6 January 2012:
      A nationwide nurse-in descended on Target stores this week after a mom in Texas complained when employees said she could not feed her baby in the store.
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