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mammy:

(plural: ‘mammies‘)

(in Ireland and America) an affectionate word for ‘mother’  mostly used by children;

a mammy with a white child

(an informal word, so not to be used in formal situations) an Afro-American (Black) woman whose job is to care for the white (Caucasian) children in the southern USA,

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