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mammocked

mammocked is the simple past and past participle of mammock.

Meaning of mammock

Verb

mammock (third-person singular simple present mammocks, present participle mammocking, simple past and past participle mammocked)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive, chiefly North Carolina) To tear to pieces.
    • I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & when he caught it, he let it go againe, and after it againe, and ouer and ouer he comes, and vp againe: catcht it again: or whether his fall enrag'd him, or how 'twas, hee did so set his teeth, and teare it. Oh, I warrant how he mammockt it.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about mammocked

What is mammocked the simple past and past participle of?
Mammocked is the simple past and past participle of mammock.

Words near mammocked in the dictionary

  1. mammitides
  2. mammitis
  3. mammo
  4. mammo-
  5. mammock
  6. mammocked
  7. mammocking
  8. mammocks
  9. mammogenesis
  10. mammogenic
  11. mammoglobin

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