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mammy(2)(dictionary)
mammy(dictionary)

mammy(1) (iou)



mammy noun1. ['mami] E16.
[from (the same root as) MAM + -Y6. Cf. MOMMY, MUMMY noun2.]
Mother. colloq. & dial. E16.
In the southern US, esp. before the abolition of slavery, a black woman having the care of white children (cf. earlier MOMMA 1); gen. (offensive) a black woman. Cf. MAUMA. M19.
Comb.: mammy-sick adjective (arch., contempt.) distressed at being separated from one's mother.