- a variation of maumet.
mammet
Britishnoun
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Many trees have been used: the saman, bread fruit, mango, mammet, sand box, pois doux, rubber, etc.
From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Arthur William Knapp
In May, 1690 a new bride, Marie de Neuborg, was brought to the grisly side of the crowned mammet of Spain.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life by Julian Hawthorne
In May 1690 a new bride, Marie de Neubourg, was brought to the grisly side of the crowned mammet of Spain.
From Historical Mysteries by Andrew Lang
Capulet uses it contemptuously to his daughter— "And then to have a wretched puling fool, A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender, To answer: 'I'll not wed,'—'I cannot love.'"
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
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