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mammy

/mam-ee/US // ˈmæm i //UK // (ˈmæmɪ) //

妈咪,妈妈,嬷嬷

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mam·mies.

    • : Informal. mother.
    • : Disparaging and Offensive. a Black woman engaged to take care of white children or as a servant to a white family.

Examples

  • I looked up at sound of a startled exclamation, and beheld the round African physog of Lyn Rowan's colored mammy.

  • But, Mandy Ann held her back and whispered, "Can't you done 'have yerself at yer mammy's funeral an' we the only mourners?"

  • It is cold, Mammy, said Jess to the Beldings old serving woman.

  • "You naughty fairy," said her big brother, catching her and handing her over to mammy after the kiss was bestowed.

  • We are getting on very well, though I think Joanna is too bossy, and mammy is nearly as bad.