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UK
/mˈæmi/
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NOUN
- an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
- informal terms for a mother
How To Use mammy In A Sentence
- Before 'mancipation my mammy and daddy owned by the very same old fellar, Thomas Henry McNeil. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4
- I had a br'er kilt in de war en mah mammy got a lettle money fum 'im. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives
- Dat's what my mammy sed, an 'she allers' clar'd dat tow'rd de las 'she nebber could' member what she was at de fus 'no more'n ef she hed'nt been de same gal Bricks without Straw A Novel
- He said good-by to eberybody, and I kissed my mammy, and was most crazy with 'citement' kase The story of Archer Alexander : from slavery to freedom, March 30, 1863,
- I ventured to remind Mammy that all dwellers in the country were not tackies. Southern Lights and Shadows
- I can't stand and gossip with Dadda's old cousin and make a fruit cake from Mammy's recipe.
- Mammy, which I suspect of being a kind of liniment that mother had to learn to make on account of the number of the boys and their bruises. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance
- Even in the face of overwhelming odds James chatted to his mammy and daddy over the five days in hospital and one of the last things he asked for was a bar of chocolate.
- In the end we have to summon my mother, who comes charging down Maryhill Road bearing cash, credit cards and that look women get when they are reminded that even 35-year-olds still need their mammy.
- Instead of going home to mammy for lunch invariably the kids will hit the chipper.