(n) :
(US, dialect, Southern US) Synonym of mamaw (“grandmother”).
(v) :
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To mouth words so that they can be heard over noise (or later so that they cannot be overheard), originally in the cotton industry of Lancashire.
(n) :
Alternative form of mee-maw. [An exaggerated mouthing of a word.]
(n) :
(US, dialect, Southern US) Synonym of mamaw (“grandmother”).
(v) :
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To mouth words so that they can be heard over noise (or later so that they cannot be overheard), originally in the cotton industry of Lancashire.
(n) :
Alternative form of mee-maw. [An exaggerated mouthing of a word.]