mammy's boy
mammy's boy is the alternative form of mama's boy.
Meaning of mama's boy
Noun
mama's boy (plural mama's boys)
- A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.
- He's such a mama's boy that he can't even ask a girl out for a date without his mother's approval.
Noun capitalized: Mammy's boy
Mammy's boy (plural Mammy's boys)
- Alternative form of mama's boy.
- Not much sins you’d have with that Mammy’s boy from the tennis club.1991 December, Mary Cummins, “The Tiger and Pink Gin”, in True to Type: A Collection of Short Stories by Journalists in The Irish Times, Dublin: Irish Times Books; Sugarloaf Publications, →ISBN, page...
- When would Hamish come to her bed and make them truly husband and wife? Surely he wasn’t such a Mammy’s boy that he’d take weeks to get over her death?2000, Doris Davidson, chapter 8, in The House of Lyall, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 120
Forms of mammy's boy
| plural | mammy's boys |
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| plural | Mammy's boys |
Questions about mammy's boy
- What is mammy's boy the alternative form of?
- Mammy's boy is the alternative form of mama's boy.
- What part of speech is mammy's boy?
- Mammy's boy is a noun.
- What is the plural of mammy's boy?
- The plural of mammy's boy is mammy's boys.
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