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mamma¹ Definition

mamma (mə, mə mä)

noun

mama

Etymology: like L mamma, mother, Sans mā, Gr mammē < baby talk

mamma² Definition

mamma (mamə)

noun pl. -·mae

a gland for secreting milk, present in the female of all mammals; mammary gland: it is rudimentary in the male

Etymology: L, breast, prob. identical with mamma

mamma Usage Examples

Possessives

  • boy: Mamma may not know best The myth of Italian men being mamma's boys is not such a myth after all, it appears.

Converse of object

  • tell: You were not by, when I told mamma and the others all about it.
  • use: That's as mamma used to do, whole afternoons together.
  • forget: Don't forget, mamma; you are to bring back Margaret.

Adjective modifier

  • good: Even you don't know half how good mamma is; in other things too, which I must not mention.

Noun used with modifier

  • yo: Funny collection of the best of Yo Mamma Jokes like yo mamma so fat, yo momma so.. .

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