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Mammy

noun

(pl. mammies)

An offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S..

Informal terms for a mother. Synonyms: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy.

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... mammy, that you don't find any dirt on me," exclaimed Graham, whose ruddy face shone from an ...

— Highacres • Jane Abbott

... my catechism, Which my poor mammy taught to me." "Make haste, make haste," says guzzling Jimmy While Jack ...

— Poems Every Child Should Know - The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library • Various

... innocent eyes faced him without a sign of embarrassment. "Aunt Basha's my old black mammy. Do you know her? All her name's longer'n that. I can say it." Then with careful, slow enunciation, "Bathsheba ...

— The Militants - Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World • Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

... darling!" she exclaimed. "Let me put you to bed; Mammy taught me the art of soothing frayed nerves. Come with us, Babs," holding out her left hand to Barbara. But the latter, with a dexterous twist, ...

— The Red Seal • Natalie Sumner Lincoln

... at dese days. Old Miss, she been name Matt Ross. I wish somebody could call up how long de slaves been freed cause den dey could call up my age fast as I could bat my eyes. Say, when de emancipation was, I been six years old, so my mammy tell me. Don' know what to say dat is, but I reckon ...

— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration

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