How To Use Mammy In A Sentence
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At the dawn of the U.S. civil rights era, black stereotypes - the shiftless coon, termagant Mammy, servile Uncle Tom - remained the order of the day in popular American mass entertainment.
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My mammy was Mary Fair, and she belonged in slavery to marse
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1
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He came out of his mammy in a field hand's cabin one sharp winter.
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Sarah wants to be a nurse like her mammy, Vera, who works in the hospital in Portlaoise.
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Sure nuff debbil, mammy?" whispered Marthy in awed accents.
Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice
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Look beyond the superficial similarities and you will see that he, as evidenced by this quote from a poem, had no respect for his mammy either.
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Mammy said dat de white folkses wuz good ter dem an 'gib 'em good food an' clothes.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1
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Mammy arter him with the broom-stick as fur as the door, but seein 'the dog has got the start, she shakes the stick at him, and hollers,' You sassy, aigsukkin ', roguish, gnatty, flop-eared varmint! take it along! take it along!
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.)
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Dat's what my mammy sed, an 'she allers' clar'd dat tow'rd de las 'she nebber could' member what she was at de fus 'no more'n ef she hed'nt been de same gal.
Bricks Without Straw
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In this case, moving the funny-page content to a page formerly devoted to the news just might notch up the credulity paid to what would normally be considered standard WSH editorial right wing "hokum," to borrow a word from Li'l Abner's mammy, Pansy.
Printing: Rove's Obama Hit-Job Re-Run Oozes Out of Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Section
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Mammy sighed resignedly, beholding herself outguessed.
Gone with the Wind
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At home, still with no power, we played board games and Mammy read us stories by candlelight.
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Prissy produced the sugar-tit, given her that morning by Mammy, and the baby’s wails subsided.
Gone with the Wind
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I rushed home and said to Mammy, "I didn't want those gutties, I wanted black patent shoes with square buckles."
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Then as Whitley remained silent, he continued: "This here's th 'house whar' Dickie Falkner war 'borned; an' whar 'his mammy died; an' -- an '
That Printer of Udell's
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Patsy, looking like the faithful old black mammy slave in a film except that she was white and she was only twenty-five.
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Teach yo 'gran'-mammy how to milk the house cat," sneered Jud, while
The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills
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His mammy is going to buy him a lot of wire brushes for the job!
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W'en Miss Jane Boxley ma'ried Marster Jerry Scales, me en mah mammy, br'er en sistah wuz gib ter Miss Jane.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives
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He comes to school with his Mammy as she is teaching the juniors.
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My Mammy sho did hev a big wedding my Pappys Massa ask my Mammy Massa foh her en den my Mammy Massa give her a big infair dat cost him $200.00 wid de bridal supper en all.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives
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And I'd like to thank my mammy and everyone who sacrificed so much to bring me to this great moment.
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Her mammy and daddy, Margaret and PJ, along with her brothers Ross and Derek wished Kayleigh a very happy birthday.
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W'en Miss Jane Boxley ma'ried Marster Jerry Scales, me en mah mammy, br'er en sistah wuz gib ter Miss Jane.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives
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If you have a recipe you would like to share, an exciting discovery of your own, a childhood memory of something your mammy, granny, dad or any other culinary expert in your family served up in days gone by, please pass it on.
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And finally, last Sunday March 16, my mammy celebrated her 80th birthday.
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The lamp , please , Pork, and my prayer book, Mammy . ".
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It was ever his mammy's wish to have a priest in the family and with her now close to dying from an over-affinity with Paddy's eyewater, Seamais is inclined to indulge her.
Priest in Kilvarnet
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I can't stand and gossip with Dadda's old cousin and make a fruit cake from Mammy's recipe.
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She helped her mammy to plant flowers in the garden.
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Sometimes she sung to us of "Acushla machree" and "Mavourneen," and Mammy's Irish songs were especial favorites with the young fry of the nursery.
A Grandmother's Recollections
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I had a br'er kilt in de war en mah mammy got a lettle money fum 'im.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives
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Dat's what my mammy sed, an 'she allers' clar'd dat tow'rd de las 'she nebber could' member what she was at de fus 'no more'n ef she hed'nt been de same gal
Bricks without Straw A Novel
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He said good-by to eberybody, and I kissed my mammy, and was most crazy with 'citement' kase
The story of Archer Alexander : from slavery to freedom, March 30, 1863,
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I ventured to remind Mammy that all dwellers in the country were not tackies.
Southern Lights and Shadows
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I can't stand and gossip with Dadda's old cousin and make a fruit cake from Mammy's recipe.
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Mammy, which I suspect of being a kind of liniment that mother had to learn to make on account of the number of the boys and their bruises.
Over Paradise Ridge A Romance
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Even in the face of overwhelming odds James chatted to his mammy and daddy over the five days in hospital and one of the last things he asked for was a bar of chocolate.
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In the end we have to summon my mother, who comes charging down Maryhill Road bearing cash, credit cards and that look women get when they are reminded that even 35-year-olds still need their mammy.
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Instead of going home to mammy for lunch invariably the kids will hit the chipper.
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Cut to a Broadway theater, where the blackfaced hero sings ‘Mammy’ in a style at once cantorial and operatic, at an energy level that is overpowering.
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Baltinglass hairdresser Maureen Plant was given the onerous task of taking the blade to Aileen's hair, while Aileen's son Caleb also took his opportunity to remove his mammy's hair.
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Robert's sisters, Louise and Chloe, along with his mammy and daddy, Paula and Tony, wish Robert a happy birthday.
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‘I know Mark Feehily is dying to get home and tuck into his mammy's turkey and cranberry sauce,’ Kian said.
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Did you make up disher play dey is goin 'to act? demanded Mammy Jinny.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize
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Before 'mancipation my mammy and daddy owned by the very same old fellar, Thomas Henry McNeil.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4
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She ran lightly up-stairs, and springing into her nurse's arms, exclaimed, "O mammy, mammy! what a pleasant, _pleasant_ day I have had!
Elsie Dinsmore
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Mammy's rheumatism is mighty bad, but she can still shake up corn ash cake and chicken hash with the best," said Sam, coming over to warm his hands and tower above us, while Byrd volunteered to lead Dr. Chubb out to what he called the wash-up bench on the back porch.
Over Paradise Ridge A Romance
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She a-sweep-in 'up the hath; the meat on the table -- old Trailler jumps up, gethers the bacon and darts! mammy arter him with the broom-stick, as fur as the door -- but seein' the dog has got the start, she shakes the stick at him and hollers, 'You sassy, aig-sukkin', roguish, gnatty, flop-eared varmint! take it along! take it along!
Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs, Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers; Together with "Taking the Census," and Other Alabama Sketches. By a Country Editor. With a Portrait from Life, and Other Illustrations, by Darley
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Oh, mammy! they're gunter snake th 'ole house through the village to-morrer, an' we're all gunter have a ride! free gratis for nothin '!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864
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So if you re going to college, do as your mammy says and be good.
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Among those feeling slightly upset at the thought of being separated from his mammy was little Aidan Gammon, from Viewmount.
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The dressmaker's dummy and a blue wing chair that is used repeatedly are symbolic of the upper-middle-class venues of Mammy's travail.
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Some poor saps nominate their wife or mammy, but the 24-carat buck responds, ‘John Doe, managing director of company X’ (ie, the boss).
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My Mammy knowed all 'bout it and holped us git away.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1
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"I've a wile sore stomach, mammy," I said.
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Patriarch: "You ax your mammy what meck she so black.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1
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I had a br'er kilt in de war en mah mammy got a lettle money fum 'im.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives
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So he sole out an 'went to whah dey was re - cruitin', an 'hired hisse'f out to de Colonel for his servant; an' den he went all froo de battles everywhah, huntin 'for his ole mammy; yes in - deedy, he'd hire to fust one officer an' den an - other, tell he'd ransacked de whole Souf -- but you see I didn't know nuffin ''bout dis.
A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It
