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Mammy vs Jammy - What's the difference?

mammy | jammy |

As nouns the difference between mammy and jammy

is that mammy is mamma; mother while jammy is a gun.

As an adjective jammy is

resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.

mammy

English

Noun

(mammies)
  • (childish) mamma; mother
  • (US, historical) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children.

    • jammy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.
  • Covered in jam.
    • a child's jammy fingers
  • (colloquial) Of a person, lucky.

    • Derived terms

    * jamminess

    Noun

    (jammies)
  • (slang) A gun.