| 释义 |
‖ macoumère W. Indies.|makumɛr|
Also macomère, macoumere.
[French Creole.]
A god-mother, or the mother of one's godchild; more generally applied to any female friend of a family, or as a derogatory term for an old woman or gossip.
1942H. C. Gordon West Indian Scenes xix. 217 Macomère Crab, who was a kind soul, complied with her request. 1952S. Selvon Brighter Sun vi. 95 And is why yuh looking at me so, macoumère? 1960Tamarack Rev. xiv. 22 This time so, they ain't bothering about the other people in the queue at all, they mauvalanging and bursting out in some loud kya-kya laugh like them macoumere in the market in..Trinidad. |