mammy
/ˈmami
/noun (plural mammies)
1 informal A child’s word for their mother: he was screaming for his mammy...
- His mammy is going to buy him a lot of wire brushes for the job!
- Robert's sisters, Louise and Chloe, along with his mammy and daddy, Paula and Tony, wish Robert a happy birthday.
- ‘I know Mark Feehily is dying to get home and tuck into his mammy's turkey and cranberry sauce,’ Kian said.
1.1 offensive (Formerly in the southern United States) a black nursemaid or nanny in charge of white children.
Origin
Early 16th century: from mam + -y2; compare with mommy and mummy2.
Rhymes
- miscommunicating
- miscommunication
- miscomprehend
- miscomprehending
- miscomprehension
- miscomputation
- miscompute
- misconceit
- misconceive
- misconceiver
- misconcept
- misconception
- misconclude
- misconclusion
- misconduct
- misconduct penalty
- misconfiguration
- misconfigure
- misconjecture
- misconjunction
- misconnection
- misconsecration
- misconstruable
- misconstrual
- misconstruct