mamie

plural mamies

1. alternativeAlternative form of mamey.

plural mamies

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of mammy.

   Last time I tried to enter Tennessee, the guy at the gate wanted to know my mamie and her broverz name.

   2000 July 4, Dave J., “Stadium Cost$”, in phl.media (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026

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   is there really anyone who got thru ist grade in the US without learning this song? […] the goslings are crying (3x) because their mamie's dead […]

   1992 June 4, Michael Shames/Contractor, “The Old Gray Goose is Dead”, in rec.music.folk (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026

   [S]he was very proud when I came to fetch her last Monday. "This is my mamie," she yelled to everybody!!

   2009 September 26, Kelly, “So Jean”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026

1. USdatedA diminutive of Mary or Mavis, also used as a formal female given name.

   'Oh,' thought Mr Carrados speculatively, 'Mamie!' 'Trust an American,' he said aloud, 'to know more Shakespeare than nine out of ten of us. I suppose your sister's friend is from the States?'

   1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

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   When they are used to express the affectionate regard of near friends and relatives they also may be pretty and appropriate, but they look very silly in a formal signature, and surely do not befit the dignity of womanhood. We had, for instance, among these 800 names scores of Minnies, Mamies, and only here and there a Mary, a much more euphonious as well as a dignified name.

   1880 Emily Faithfull, The Victoria Magazine, v.36 (July-Dec 1880), page 264