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[Mark Odegard]

<I think 'mammy' is more specifically used for a certain
stereotype of a black woman--an 'Aunt Jemima' type, rather
than being a synonym for 'mama'.>
>
>That's how I understand the term. I have always assumed that the usage was
>somehow connected with the character in "Gone with the Wind."
>
>Phil Cleary

My own sense is that it an American term for 'old nurse', 'old wetnurse', a
la Juliet's nurse. This kind of servant was not that uncommon in times past.
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