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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
nanny .
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Examples
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The State assumes responsibility for so much that we used to do ourselves, we are so 'nannied' that I think we have gotton out of the habit of noticing other people and just expect there to be a department for every problem.
Mistletoe and ‘Whine’ Newmania 2007
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But critics warned that the public was increasingly being "nannied" over their health.
Public Health Mentors - Alan Johnson adopts nazi style mentors. FIDO The Dog 2009
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But critics warned that the public was increasingly being "nannied" over their health.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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The husband is put off by such hand-holding, but after five days of dogged GPS navigating and molten heat, I am relieved to be nannied.
Everyone in the RV, It's Road-Trip Time! Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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The policy is based on the "nudge theory", which says people should be encouraged towards living more healthily rather than "nannied" through regulation.
Obesity policy under attack from two government advisers 2011
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Its mix of action and pop culture-soaked nerd comedy isn't something we've seen much of in the half-hour format and while it was a bit jarring to jump from Chewbacca jokes to semi-tense action sequences, the overall effect was akin to watching the mildly rambunctious lovechild of Chuck and Better Off Ted, as nannied by that nifty Robert Redford caper "Sneakers."
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After a taste of higher education at SUNY-Purchase, she dropped out, nannied on the Upper West Side, walked on stilts in Midtown with a Dixieland jazz band and waitressed.
Actress Melissa Leo, of 'Treme' and 'Frozen River,' talks about her career 2010
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When I nannied, I always wondered what the deal was.
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She loved my jet fuel coffee, having nannied with a French family before us, and had an appreciation for our Mediterranean cooking.
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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Health secretary Andrew Lansley was roundly criticised when he attacked Oliver's campaign as an example of people being lectured and nannied.
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