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Difference between Nursery-girl and Nurseryman

nursery-girl—(also: nurserymaid) a woman looking after young children:

  • She took it into her head to go to Boston, as a nursery girl, where she lived a few months.

nurserymana man who owns, or works in, a nursery for plants:

  • When their toddler handed them an acorn from the tree, Meyers, a nurseryman, planted it in their back yard.