mammie's boy

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The doorbell went, and in came my mother. I hadn’t seen her in a long, long time. I wanted to touch⟳ her, but that stuff was for mammie’s boys, so I just sat beside her and listened as she talked.”

“‘Just listen⟳ to this prophet,’ Jurek seemed to have⟳ guessed my motives, ‘he doesn’t smoke⟳ either, mammie’s boy, come⟳ on, one sip won't hurt⟳ you.’”

“The blows were so painful on his sore leg, he was screaming with pain. “Ah, we have⟳ a mammie’s boy here,” they said, and they kicked him another six times.”

“And you need⟳ toughening up. You’re a real Mammie’s boy. She used to put⟳ lipstick and rouge on you, do you remember⟳ that?”

“He looked on Jim as a “Mammie’s boy”, not realizing that it was as much his fault, as he did not take⟳ Jim anywhere.”

“True, Sam had clung to her apron strings for a long time, ‘Mammie’s boy’, Daniel had said, concerned the boy would be a sissy, as he put⟳ it.”

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