| 单词 |
mumsy |
| 释义 |
mumsy, n. and a.|ˈmʌmzɪ| Also mumsey. [f. mum n.3 + -sy.] A. n. A playful variant of mummy n.2 B. adj. = maternal a. (a playful use).
1876C. M. Yonge Three Brides I. xvi. 274 ‘Well,’ says Mumsey, ‘it is not what was thought the thing for ladies in my time.’ 1916Farmer's Wife Mar. 248/1 ‘Dear old motherkins!’ ‘Good old Mumsy!’ 1927M. Ostenso Mad Carews (1928) vii. 93 ‘Hello, Mumsey!’ she greeted her mother. 1953A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye xxvii. 184 Poor Mumsy, she was so devoted to Dad, you know. 1961‘T. Hinde’ For Good of Company i. 15 They're all three tucked up in one great big mumsy bed. 1970‘W. Haggard’ Hardliners vi. 64 The nurse..was a West Indian woman, large and mumsy. 1972J. McClure Caterpillar Cop ii. 16 To hell with them and all that crap about mumsy-love. |

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