mother
noun
a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.
mothery
-
a word derived from
mother.
Example Sentences
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I am not a child; mothery said I had the sense of several grown-up people.”
From A Very Naughty Girl by L. T. Meade
We all have our hour—at least mothery said so—and then go we must, whether we like it or not; so, as you must go some day, and I must——Oh dear!
From A Very Naughty Girl by L. T. Meade
“This is from mothery, who is dead,” continued the child.
From A Very Naughty Girl by L. T. Meade
What right had she to deprive me of Jasper when mothery said that Jasper was to stay with me?
From A Very Naughty Girl by L. T. Meade
Oh, I do wish my own mothery had not died and gone to heaven!
From A Very Naughty Girl by L. T. Meade
