Meaning of mammock | Babel Free

Definitions

A shapeless piece; a fragment.

dialectal, obsolete

Examples

“"Can. Let⟳ me be torn into mammocks with wild Bears if I make⟳ not a gallemaufry of thy heart"”

“The bird liveth by the scraps, and feedeth upon the leavings of that monster, who gently receiveth him into his mouth, and suffers him to pecke his jawes and teeth for such mamockes [translating morceaux] of flesh as sticke betweene them[…].”

“"Then, by St. Thomas of Canterbury," replied Gurth, "we will have⟳ the castle, should we tear⟳ it down with our hands!" / "We have⟳ nothing else to tear⟳ it with," replied Wamba; "but mine are scarce fit to make⟳ mammocks of freestone and mortar."”

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