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1. (idiomatic, slang) Breastfeeding, nursing at the breast.
   • I had a lot of milk, I spent all my time with the baby on the boob, I learned to dress him, to hold him, to give him the boob, to bathe him, everything that I was so scared of because I didn’t know how to do it. 2024, The Art of Breastfeeding, 9th edition, →ISBN:
   • Toast, pastries or cereal bars are an easier on-the-move/on-the-boob option (and always choose a buggy you can drag around one-handed so that your other hand can accommodate toast – there’s no shame in it). 2018, The Mumsition: Your Friendly Companion to the First Year of Motherhood, →ISBN:
   • Sure, you could go with the German sock stuff – but that’s just heathers and you don’t want the woman depressed, for chrissake. A kid on the boob’s plenty. 2003, Lorna Mary Jackson, A Game to Play on the Tracks, →ISBN, page 13:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, boob.