What's the difference between mammy and mummy?

Mammy


Definition:

  • (n.) A child's name for mamma, mother.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He went from minstrel show to blackface, from vaudeville to Broadway before he hit a fabulous prosperity as the most sentimental of all sentimental singers, a poor Russian cantor's son daubed with burnt cork and down on one knee sobbing for the "mammy" he had never known in a south that nobody ever knew.
  • (2) Mammies are never sexual, poorly educated, and full of earthy common sense.
  • (3) A previous, tentative assignment based solely on indirect evidence [Mammi, S., Mammi, N. J.
  • (4) In the preceding paper [Bairaktari, E., Mierke, D.F., Mammi, S., & Peggion, E. (1990) Biochemistry (preceding paper in this issue)] the conformational preferences of these peptides in the presence of SDS surfactant micelles, a mimetic for biological membranes, were examined.
  • (5) The circular dichroism spectra in these two media have the same shape, indicative of a similar preferred conformation [Mammi, S., Mammi, N. J., Foffani, M. T., Peggion, E., Moroder, L., & Wünsch, E. (1987) Biopolymers 26, S1-S10].
  • (6) Mammy Facebook Twitter Pinterest Happily serving a white family: Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind.
  • (7) Flannel and felt mammy dolls at a booth nearby were priced $900.
  • (8) Gone is the general disdain for mammy cookie jars, Aunt Jemima dolls and pencils in the form of alligators eating black children - a motif used to promote the early tourist trade in Florida.
  • (9) These household objects "didn't really become a souvenir market until the late 20th century," according to Kenneth W Goings, a professor at Memphis University and author of Mammy and Uncle Mose: Black Collectibles and American Stereotyping.
  • (10) Yet another common product is the mammy peg-board - a wall board with a picture of a mammy, hand to her head, announcing "I gots to Git" and the pegs indicating which groceries need to be bought.
  • (11) He went down on his knee again and sang "mammy" and the troops wept and cheered.
  • (12) Bidding on a mammy memo-holder, a large board with a picture of a mammy holding a pencil, with a memo-pad apron, had risen to $14.
  • (13) The image of Aunt Jemima, the elephantine mammy figure whose image was emblazoned on a pancake mix, seems to be the most frequently reproduced icon.

Mummy


Definition:

  • (n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
  • (n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.
  • (n.) A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
  • (n.) A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
  • (n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
  • (n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.
  • (v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Structures resembling red blood cells have been seen in mummies, but have been considered by some to be artifacts or molds.
  • (2) Three beautifully restored mummy portraits of well-off young people who were, 2,000 years ago, probably members of a mysterious group called "the 6475" are to go on display at the new home for one of the most important Egyptian collections in the world.
  • (3) If he comes back it’s like he’s got away with it.” In the club’s superstore, Zak Dilly and his girlfriend Hannah Betts – who have just chosen a babygrow for their niece with the slogan “Mummy taught me ABC, Daddy taught me SUFC” – are clear about whose side they are on.
  • (4) "It is not by any means the end of the road because the technology is moving on rapidly all the time, and we're hoping in the next few years we'll be able to continue scanning more mummies and revealing more remarkable facts."
  • (5) Three Pharaonic mummies, preserved for thousand of years, had fiberoptic endoscopy carried out of the cranial, thoracic and abdominal cavities.
  • (6) No cases of this disease have been seen in Peruvian mummies while in Chile it seems quite common, suggesting some environmental factor in the etiology.
  • (7) There are still disputes over mummy portraits, for example whether they were done while the subjects were alive or after they were dead, as part of the 70-day mummification process.
  • (8) The bile acids of the gall bladder and hepatic tissue of a 3200-year-old Egyptian mummy were isolated by thin-layer chromatography and identified by combined gas-liquid chromatrography and mass spectrometry.
  • (9) Common issues also included the books being of poor quality, getting basic facts wrong (such as referring to same-sex adopters as mummy and daddy) or being completed by someone who had never met the child.
  • (10) One female mummy is displayed with a translation of an offering inscription, which visitors will be invited to recite to ensure her food supply in the next world.
  • (11) It is worthwhile to note the suggestive role of mummy cells in pathological diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease.
  • (12) And Mummy said darling, do you remember Bodrum when Nanny walked into pre-lunch drinks on the gulet, of course everyone was incredibly kind, bringing her a Tizer and some After Eights before the men threw her in the sea, the gentlest of hints but basically she never left the lower decks again?
  • (13) A 500-year-old mummy of a seven-month-old Eskimo infant recently removed from a tomb north of Umanak presented problems of preservation.
  • (14) The museum has been x-raying mummies since the 1960s but, as the technology has improved, the results have dramatically improved.
  • (15) The ancient cultures of Babylon, Jericho, and Egypt used "art-eyes" in mummies, sarcophagus lids, and statues; they were made from precious stones, silver, gold, and copper as a symbol of light and life in their religious beliefs.
  • (16) The second mummy was a 18-year-old young woman, 800-700 b. C. From the inscriptions on the sarcophagus name, family and living circumstances could be found.
  • (17) Taylor hopes even more secrets will be revealed in years to come, including being able to read hieroglyphic inscriptions on objects inside the mummies.
  • (18) Recently I've just been at home enjoying being a mummy, but it's been nine months now and I'm slowly getting ready to return to work.
  • (19) 17.42 Julie : Mummy, tell the police they must be quick.
  • (20) Zoe Dronfield set up a support group, I want my Mummy (IWMM), after her abusive ex-partner was given emergency custody of their child.

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