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Mamma

Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.

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Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Bosom 76% connected

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

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Breast 76% connected

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

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Dug 76% connected

of Dig

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Knocker 76% connected

One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.

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Tit 76% connected

A small horse.

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Titty 76% connected

A little teat; a nipple.

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Udder 76% connected

The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.

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Mother 76% connected

A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

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Mammilla 70% connected

The nipple.

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Nipple 70% connected

The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.

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Pap 70% connected

A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.

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Teat 70% connected

The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.

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Tit 70% connected

A small horse.

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Synonym 5

Ma 92% connected

A child's word for mother.

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Mama 92% connected

See Mamma.

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Mammy 92% connected

A child's name for mamma, mother.

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Mum 92% connected

Silent; not speaking.

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Mummy 92% connected

A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of p…

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