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Brewer's: Ayah
(Anglo-Indian) A native Hindû nurse or lady's maid.
“The ayahs, or nurses, are said to be the best in the world.” — B. Taylor: Visit to India, chap. ii. p. 37.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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