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Definition of Mameys
1. mamey [n] - See also: mamey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mameys
Literary usage of Mameys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"... and canastillas (small baskets) of silver, loaded with a vast variety of fruits.
" mameys" which, says Madame de Merlin, are " Alimento de las almas ..."
2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... and the most necessarie for the life of man : yet there are many other that
are good to eate, among the which the mameys are esteemed, being in fashion ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... and the most necessarie for the life of man : yet there are many other that
are good to eate, among the which the mameys are esteemed, being in fashion ..."
4. The Many-sided Franklin by Paul Leicester Ford (1899)
"I set down to confab a little with my dear child," she began one missive; and
she ended another, " Adue my dear child and take care of your selef for mameys ..."
5. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... and the most necessarie for the life of man : yet there are many other that
are good to eate, among the which the mameys are esteemed, being in fashion ..."
6. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"... a piece of each put on your plate at the same time, and accompanied by a sauce
of herbs or tomatoes. As for fruits, we have mameys, chirimoyas, ..."
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