sugar mama

[ shoog-er mah-muh ]
/ ˈʃʊg ər ˌmɑ mə /

noun Slang.

a wealthy woman who spends freely on a younger person, generally a man, in return for companionship or sexual intimacy.

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Also called sugar mommy .

Origin of sugar mama

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby sugar mama

sugarhouse, sugaring, sugaring off, sugarloaf, Sugarloaf Mountain, sugar mama, sugar maple, sugar of lead, sugar of milk, sugar orchard, sugar pea
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