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How to pronounce mammy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy
Type of mother, female parent
Type Words
Type of nursemaid, nanny, nurse

Examples of mammy

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Walk in, turn left and there's a sea of mammy figurines and Sambo statuettes.
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Mammy restrains Scarlett from running to him when he reunites with Melanie.
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Mammy, Prissy, Pork and Big Sam were important characters in the book and in the movie.
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In his accomplished mimicry, there is often too much mammy singer, too little inner man.
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Mammy, the most reliable in all the world, was in charge of the baby.
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The fatalistic mottoes on the mammy wagons seemed symbolically apt.
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Mammy wanted something from her cabin, so she told Eliza to watch the baby, not to awaken her.
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Mosaic Tile's mammy cookie jar is rather rare, and in certain color varieties is extremely rare.
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Mammy leads them to America's major polluted cities, where they obligingly devour all the garbage.
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More examples
  • An offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
  • Ma: informal terms for a mother
  • Mammy (1930) is a musical drama film with Technicolor sequences, released by Warner Brothers. The film starred Al Jolson and was a follow-up to his previous film, Say It With Songs (1929).
  • The Mammy archetype is the portrayal within a narrative framework or other imagery of a domestic servant of African descent, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud.
  • Gone with the Wind, first published in May 1936, is a Drama, romantic novel written by Margaret Mitchell that won the coveted Pulitzer Prize in 1937. ...
  • "My Mammy" is a U.S. popular song with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis.
  • A child's name for mamma, mother