nurse-in
English
Etymology
From nurse + in, by analogy with sit-in.
Noun
- A demonstration in which women gather in public to breastfeed their children.
- 2011, Beth Brelje, "Mother defends breastfeeding in public despite criticism", Pocono Record, 31 December 2011:
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nurse-in.
- 2011, Beth Brelje, "Mother defends breastfeeding in public despite criticism", Pocono Record, 31 December 2011: