mammy
Informal. mother1.
Disparaging and Offensive. (formerly in the southern United States) a Black woman engaged to take care of white children or as a servant to a white family.
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How to use mammy in a sentence
I looked up at sound of a startled exclamation, and beheld the round African physog of Lyn Rowan's colored mammy.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairBut, Mandy Ann held her back and whispered, "Can't you done 'have yerself at yer mammy's funeral an' we the only mourners?"
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesIt is cold, mammy, said Jess to the Beldings old serving woman.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison"You naughty fairy," said her big brother, catching her and handing her over to mammy after the kiss was bestowed.
The Story of the Big Front Door | Mary Finley LeonardWe are getting on very well, though I think Joanna is too bossy, and mammy is nearly as bad.
The Story of the Big Front Door | Mary Finley Leonard
British Dictionary definitions for mammy
mammie
/ (ˈmæmɪ) /
a child's word for mother 1
mainly Southern US a Black woman employed as a nurse or servant to a White family
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