Meaning of mam | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
   Ireland, UK, colloquial, informal, regional
2. A woman's breast.
   UK, in-plural, slang
3. Initialism of methylazoxymethanol
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
4. A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.
5. One’s mother.
   Ireland, Wales, informal

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Examples

“She'd sit⟳ by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give⟳ in to her demands, no matter⟳ how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get⟳ Mary sober.”

“There was another teacher […] who came to class fairly often wearing a thin silk blouse and NO BRA. Her 'mams' bounced appropriately, which was of course utterly FASCINATING for every boy in the class.”

“She focused her entire mind⟳ on that moment she had shared with Shan, the softness of her mams, the wetness of her lips.”

“Need⟳ a cwtch from Mam I do.”

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