An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
NANNY
nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat
(noun) female goat
nanny, nursemaid, nurse
(noun) a woman who is the custodian of children
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nanny (plural nannies)
A child's nurse.
(colloquial) A grandmother.
(US, colloquial) A godmother.
A female goat.
Synonyms
• (female goat): nanny goat
• (child's nurse): housemother
Verb
nanny (third-person singular simple present nannies, present participle nannying, simple past and past participle nannied)
(intransitive, transitive) To serve as a nanny.
(transitive, pejorative) To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle. [From the mid-20th c.]
Proper noun
Nanny
A diminutive of the female given name Ann or Anne.
Source: Wiktionary
Nan"ny, n.
Definition: A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name. Nanny goat, a female goat. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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