Antedating of "Mommy"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Jan 30 02:00:50 UTC 2013


mommy (OED 1848)

1846 _Spirit of the Times_ 14 Nov. 447 (American Periodical Series)  Come, toe the chalk, my rooster boy, And listen to yer mommy.

Fred Shapiro

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