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mammy

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. mammy (noun)
  2. mammy chair (noun)
  3. mammy wagon (noun)
  4. mammy coot

mam·my

noun \ˈma-mē\
plural mammies

Definition of MAMMY

1
: mama
2
: a black woman serving as a nurse to white children especially formerly in the southern United States
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Examples of MAMMY

  1. <the toddler clung to her mammy and eyed the strangers fearfully>

Origin of MAMMY

alteration of mamma
First Known Use: 1523

Related to MAMMY

Synonyms: ma, mama (also mamma or momma), mother, mater [chiefly British], mom, mommy, old lady
Related Words: materfamilias, matriarch, matron; stepmother; supermom, superwoman
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Rhymes with MAMMY

chamois, clammy, gammy, Grammy, hammy, jammy, whammy

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