momma grizzly

plural momma grizzlies

1. USUS spelling of mama grizzly.

   Only to discover when he struck a light, that what he had got was a momma grizzly and her four cubs: and momma, cornered, was strictly on the warpath. And him inside with no knife!

   1957, Austin Russell, “Charlie and Sundry Survivors from a Gaudier Day”, in C. M. R.: Charles M. Russell, Cowboy Artist: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: Twayne Publishers, →OCLC, page 130

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   Despite his efforts to get them what they wanted, he was still “the bad guy” for leaving them. He told me recently that only one parent in the seven families will speak to him, and it’s now a year later. Jake stumbled into a whole den of momma grizzlies.

   2010, Dan Clemens, “Epilogue: The Following July”, in A Perfect Season: A Coach’s Journey to Learning, Competing, and Having Fun in Youth Baseball, [Colo.]: Quiet Path Books, →ISBN, page 303

   “Have you considered that risking yourself in this way may adversely affect those who depend on you?” She meant his workers. Jadis had suffered through a lot of instability as a kid. MoreCommas had become her family. She was like a momma grizzly when it came to the company and its employees.

   2017 May, Lexi Eddings, chapter 27, in A Coldwater Warm Hearts Wedding, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 270