Mama
['mæmə;mə'mɑː] or ['mæmə]
Definition
(n.) See Mamma.
Checker: Shari
Examples
- I lived long ago with mama; but she is gone to the Holy Virgin. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was accustomed to speak of the larder when I lived with papa and mama, and I use the word almost unconsciously. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Oh Jesus shoot me Christ shoot me mama mia mama Mia oh purest lovely Mary shoot me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- My roses, he said when he came back, take care of mama. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Papa and Mama Meagles, we had better say no more about it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He bit his arm and moaned, Oh mama mia, mama Mia, then, Dio te salve, Maria. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Yet, I thought, I ought to have been happy, for none of the Reeds were there, they were all gone out in the carriage with their mama. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And I'll take as much care of your mama, Davy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mama used to teach me to dance and sing, and to say verses. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Soon after this, upon Elinor's leaving the room, Mama, said Marianne, I have an alarm on the subject of illness which I cannot conceal from you. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mama, the more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mama saw him here once before;but I was with my uncle at Weymouth. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I had never heard my mama spoken of. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Am I a nasty, cruel, selfish, bad mama? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You know, mama, how young and inexperienced I was, when you presented him before me, of a sudden, as a lover. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But he says that he has two mamas, and I am one. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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