subs. (colloquial).—1.  Mother: an endearment.

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  1560.  Nice Wanton [DODSLEY, Old Plays, 1874, ii. 180].

        Cards, dice, kiss, clip, and so forth:
All this our MAMMY would take in good worth.

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  d. 1796.  BURNS, There Was a Lass.

        An’ aye she wrought her MAMMIE’S wark,
  An’ aye she sang sae merrilie.

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  2.  (obsolete American).—A negro nurse; MAUMER.

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