How interesting, then, that the word mamma is the Latin singular word for breast. From Wordnik.com. [mamma « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
"But mamma is not here to speak to them either, papa.". From Wordnik.com. [Melbourne House] Reference
Yes, mamma is at home; if you will come in, I will take you to her. From Wordnik.com. [Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice] Reference
Arrived in mamma's room, her tenderness came out after her own fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Daisy in the Field] Reference
"It ain't right, mamma, is it, for Winthrop to be dressing flax for anybody else?". From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
"I called her mamma, like other children; but in my dreams I always call her mother.". From Wordnik.com. [David Elginbrod] Reference
We'll only have one baby – a very contented nice baby, and its mamma is very nice too. From Wordnik.com. [Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story] Reference
I am glad to have seen you, but I am sorry, for mamma is coming to talk seriously to you. From Wordnik.com. [Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago] Reference
Perhaps mamma is sicker than usual, or papa worried about business, or Tom in some new scrape. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference
My mamma is excessively partial to him; though I am not yet jealous that she means to rival me. From Wordnik.com. [The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton: A Novel Founded on Fact] Reference
Was it a fact that that noble, generous, happy woman whom I called mamma was not my mother at all?. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Wolf Pack] Reference
Indeed, Edna, there is no harm in your taking the note, for I give you my word mamma does not care. From Wordnik.com. [St. Elmo] Reference
Do you like it, Elsie? and shall you call her mamma? ". From Wordnik.com. [Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands"] Reference
"Oh, Dicky -- Dicky!" called mamma softly from her room. From Wordnik.com. [Five Little Peppers at School] Reference
Your mamma was a gad-about, and you ... you can blubber. From Wordnik.com. [Love] Reference
Grandpa calls mamma daughter too, but papa calls her wife. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie's Womanhood] Reference
She's a grizzly mom, a soccer mom, and a "moose-shootin 'mamma.". From Wordnik.com. [Kathleen Reardon: What the President Could Learn From Sarah Palin] Reference
The mamma was a very handsome person of aristocratic appearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Martian] Reference
"Be back in time for supper," called mamma from the kitchen porch. From Wordnik.com. [Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland] Reference
"Still, you can't expect us to call mamma's only brother Mr. Holden.". From Wordnik.com. [Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen] Reference
This word mamma was the only remnant of her that lingered in his speech. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Falconer] Reference
My mamma is maybe gonna be mad, and I’ll be in trouble – bad trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Miz Pat Tackles The Duckling Killer « A Fly in Amber] Reference
Of course, I shall tell mamma, that is the very thing that pleases me so much. From Wordnik.com. [Agnes Grey] Reference
"He is calling his mamma," said Mercy, with her ear bent toward the child's mouth. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time] Reference
M.G. brought her a foot-stool, the children called her mamma, the servants Madame. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
I call her mamma, but I am not related to her; I was brought up by her,” answered. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
They call mamma Madame l'Ambassadrice; and she is having three complete new dresses made. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Telemachus] Reference
"Then, papa, will I have to call her mamma? and do you think my own mamma would like it?". From Wordnik.com. [Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands"] Reference
"He is calling his mamma," repeated Mercy, wistfully, "and, oh, he seems such a long way off!". From Wordnik.com. [A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time] Reference
"Time for school; run away, little girl," called mamma from upstairs, as the clock struck nine. From Wordnik.com. [The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School] Reference
But I don't expect he'll give any active help in the collision with mamma, which is sure to come. From Wordnik.com. [Somehow Good] Reference
"Let us call mamma to look out," said Peony; and then he shouted lustily, "mamma! mamma!! mamma!!!. From Wordnik.com. [The Snow Image and other stories] Reference
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