All 18 Uses of
midwife
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The midwife down the block was called in.†
Chpt 7
- He ran down the block to Mrs. Gindler, the midwife, and begged her to hurry.†
Chpt 9
- They welcomed the midwife and shooed Johnny out of the place.†
Chpt 9
- The midwife surreptitiously confiscated the caul and later sold it to a sailor from the Brooklyn Navy Yard for two dollars.†
Chpt 9
- The midwife had gone after saying, "That will be five dollars and your husband knows where I live.†
Chpt 9
- Soon after the midwife left, Evy came over.†
Chpt 9
- Johnny paid the midwife and gave the landlord the next month's rent.†
Chpt 9
- Katie went to the midwife for advice.†
Chpt 10
- The midwife came around later to see how the charm had worked.†
Chpt 10
- The midwife lifted her skirt and dug down into a capacious pocket made in her petticoat.†
Chpt 10
- The midwife returned the bottle to her petticoat pocket and got up to go.†
Chpt 10
- She found an obscure midwife and paid her in advance for the delivery.†
Chpt 34
- She told the midwife that the paper was to be turned over to the Board of Health immediately after the birth.†
Chpt 34
- "It's time to get the midwife," Sissy said.
Chpt 40 *midwife = a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
- "There just isn't five dollars in the house for a midwife.†
Chpt 40
- I believed in witch's charms, then--what the midwife told me about the woman in the fish market.†
Chpt 42
- You called in a midwife, a neighbor woman, or your mother, and you got through the business secretively and behind closed doors and kept the men out.†
Chpt 50
- Sissy told them they were way behind the times; that midwives were things of the past.†
Chpt 50
Definition:
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(midwife) a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth; or to assist in childbirth
or:
someone who helps bring something into existence; or the act of helping to bring something into existence