Mame
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She’s like an Auntie Mame, only her version of extravagance is peanut butter sundaes at Serendipity 3, a course at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and tickets to see Diana Rigg on Broadway in “Medea.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
ICC deputy prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang has said the closure is a result of a lack of "real progress" in working with the Venezuelan government, but the investigation will continue.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
In May last year, the Court of Appeal sentenced Sonko to six months in prison for defaming Minister of Tourism Mame Mbaye Niang.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024
The Japanese ready-to-wear brand of Mame Kurogouchi delves edgily between past and present, mixing traditional dressmaking with new technologies.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
“Too late. It’s Fusia. Sing me another song, Fusia. Mame might start selling tickets...”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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