wet-nurse

I have to wet-nurse Montgomery, I don't have to stand for that.
J'ai des problèmes avec Montgomery, je n'ai pas à supporter ça.
If a divorcing couple mutually agree, they can send the baby to a wet-nurse and the husband must pay for the suckling.
Pour exemple, si un couple divorcé se met d'accord, l'enfant peut être envoyé chez une nourrice, et le mari doit payer la nourrice.
As it was customary at the time among weathy people, my grandfather was breastfed by a wet-nurse.
Comme il était d'usage à l'époque parmi les gens aisés, mon grand-père a été allaité par une nourrice.
It was customary to send the sons of Quraysh into the desert to be suckled by a wet-nurse and spend their early childhood with a Bedouin tribe.
C’était la coutume, à l’époque, d’envoyer les fils de Qouraysh dans le désert, en dehors de la ville, pour les faire allaiter par des nourrices et leur faire passer leur tendre enfance dans une tribu bédouine.
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