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mammet
/ˈmamɪt/
noun 3
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2VERB + MAMMET
whining
PREP.
in
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noun
1
A false god; an idol.
Moloc that mawmett. there darre no man wᵗ ſay The Reſte of ſuche Reconyng may make a fowle fraye
2
A doll or puppet; a lifeless figure, an effigy, a scarecrow.
And then to haue a wretched puling foole, / A whining mammet, in her Fortunes tender, / To answer, Ile not wed, I cannot Loue: / I am too young, I pray you pardon me.
this is no world / To play with mammets and to tilt with lips
3
A contemptible person; a weakling, a fool.
Blind, deaf, insensate driveler!—Torpid, blockish, brainless mammet!
"Had it anything to do with father's making such a mommet of himself in the carriage this afternoon?
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Moloc that mawmett. there darre no man wᵗ ſay The Reſte of ſuche Reconyng may make a fowle fraye
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And then to haue a wretched puling foole, / A whining mammet, in her Fortunes tender, / To answer, Ile not wed, I cannot Loue: / I am too young, I pray you pardon me.
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this is no world / To play with mammets and to tilt with lips
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