mammy

Noun

Meaning

A child's name for mamma, mother.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own image. James Weldon Johnson

Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I've ever had. Hattie McDaniel

My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful. Hattie McDaniel

We were raised right in the heart of the Bogside. Everything was so bad at the time that Mammy would bring us to the pantomime, circus, concerts because we were so confined at home. Bronagh Gallagher

Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, Is it true what Mammy said, You won't come back. Oh no, no. Keith West

Scarlett tells Mammy 'I'm too young to be a widow.' She weeps to her mother 'My life is over. Nothing will ever happen to me anymore.' Her mother comforts her 'It's only natural to want to look young and be young when you are young.' Vivien Leigh

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