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Nurse Northern Lass About To Retire

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noun

• European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

• English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

28%5 Scottish term for a lad or lass
noun

• a child: son or daughter

28%7 A poetic term for a maiden or a lass
noun

• a young unmarried woman

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