mammet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But Barbara Ann Scott is no fragile mammet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Capulet uses it contemptuously to his daughter— "And then to have a wretched puling fool, A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender, To answer: 'I'll not wed,'—'I cannot love.'"
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
In May 1690 a new bride, Marie de Neubourg, was brought to the grisly side of the crowned mammet of Spain.
From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew
Many trees have been used: the saman, bread fruit, mango, mammet, sand box, pois doux, rubber, etc.
From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Knapp, Arthur William
In May, 1690 a new bride, Marie de Neuborg, was brought to the grisly side of the crowned mammet of Spain.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life by Hawthorne, Julian
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