Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Suckle

To suckle fools and chronicle small beer. Iago says women are of no use but to nurse children and keep the accounts of the household. (Shakespeare: Othello, ii. 1.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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