Mammies
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of mammy, an offensive historical term for a Black nursemaid employed in the southern United States.
“The exhibition examined the racist stereotypes, including that of mammies, that pervaded antebellum Southern culture.”
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Double M at the start followed by an IES ending is a distinctive pattern to test
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Double M uses two scarce M tiles, and the Y-to-IES pluralisation adds length efficiently
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