mama-san
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2VERB + MAMA-SAN
bar
ADV.
spectacularly
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noun
A mother, in Japan or East Asia.
A woman in a position of authority, especially the madam of a geisha bar.
‘I had a last go at the film festival, hoping those Thai mammasans would stir you up with some juice kiddy-porn.’
"We just get one very small meal – a single rice ball or piece of bread," said Mieko Kono, a hostess bar "mama-san" who looks spectacularly out of place in the municipal office, dolled up as she is in her work clothes of leopard-print top and slacks.
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2‘I had a last go at the film festival, hoping those Thai mammasans would stir you up with some juice kiddy-porn.’
Wiktionary"We just get one very small meal – a single rice ball or piece of bread," said Mieko Kono, a hostess bar "mama-san" who looks spectacularly out of place in the municipal office, dolled up as she is in
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