mammy
IPA: mˈæmi
noun
- (childish) mamma; mother
- (US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.
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Examples of "mammy" in Sentences
- Tom and Mammy in the muddy house.
- I don't need my mammy on this one.
- Then Mammy returns with a bottle of cream.
- Mammy hides the family silver in the well.
- Mammy puts the turkey on the table and leaves.
- As my mammy used to say, it takes two to tango.
- He then proceeds to dispose of Jerry in front of Mammy Two Shoes.
- In early 20th century, the mammy character was common in many films.
- At this point Mammy finally starts to accept that Rhett is a good man.
- Daddy and Mammy and Ephram and Sammy are now waiting down yonder for me .
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