¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mommies
1. mommy [n] - See also: mommy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mommies
Literary usage of Mommies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"... Egypt—Flax gathering—Envelopes of Linen found on Egyptian mommies—Examination
of mummy-cloth— Proved to be Linen—Flax still grown in Egypt—Explanation ..."
2. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"They were also to be ready to step in with their medical skills when one of
the 'mommies' required research assistance or needed a break. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"When Syrian turpentine came into use the Theban mommies ceased to maintain their
... The Theban mommies, on the other hand, from Dynasty'XL to Dynasty ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Of the mommies preserved with natron and filled with ... It is singular that few
mommies of children have been discovered in Egypt, though even those just ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"... commander of the Faithful in the Hijaz" (Casanova, Inventaire sommaire de la
coll. des mommies musulmanes de SA la Princesse Ismail, p. iv., v., 1896). ..."
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