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marm|mɑːm, mæm|
[Var. of ma'am, freq. in U.S. writers.]
1. = ma'am 1.
1837R. M. Bird Nick of Woods I. 120 Say the word, marm. 1845C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 17 ‘Massy no, marm!’ said Jane, with a giggle. Ibid. 18 No, Marm; but—this 'ere is something about the team, I guess. 1850,1885[see ma'am].
2. = ma'am 2.
1837Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. x, Marm Pugwash is as onsartin in her temper as a mornin in April. 1887M. E. Wilkins Humble Romance 107 Marm Lawson was not a duchess; but she was Marm Lawson. The ‘Marm’ itself was a title. a1922T. S. Eliot Waste Land Drafts (1971) 59 line 50 The pleasant violin At Marm Brown's joint, and the girls and gin.
3. = ma'am 3.
1865S. Hale Lett. (1919) 16 The silk is seven dollars a yard, and the marm that makes it asks a great deal. 1872Congress. Globe 42nd Congress 2 Sess. App. 632/3 It will be seen that in the great race thus far the English and American marms are about ‘nip and tuck’.
b. Used for ‘mother’. (Also in address.)
1835J. F. Cooper Monikins II. i. 35 He could scare one by threatening to tell his marm how he behaved. 1838― Eve Effingham II. xvi. 168 Who taught you to call me marm!.. Say ‘ma’ this instant. 1845S. Judd Margaret i. 37 ‘Has your marm got that done?’ asked Martha Madeline. 1890S. O. Jewett Strangers & Wayfarers 9 You've got real nice features, like your marm's folk. |