Mammies

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounMamma; mother

2.noun(historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.

Synonyms

pickaninnies madonnas washerwomen wimmin schoolmarms negros fakirs laundresses nanas wimples strumpets nursemaids

Rhymes With

tammies coram eis damn eyes goddamn eyes

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