Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mammy market

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: mam-my -mar-ket
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A market attached to a barracks, selling goods to soldiers.

Example Sentences

"South African partners successfully executed and turned the former Mammy Market at the Ikeja Military cantonment to an international ultra-modern market."
"... you are not expected to look for petroleum products at Mammy market instead of NNPC or else, if you do that, you stand the risk of falling prey to fraudsters."
"that dwarf: your mother with defeated nipples / she used to placate the lulls / with kolanuts at the 'mammy-market' / now it is tabasco for you"

Etymology

So called as traditionally run by women.

Inflected Forms

mammy markets (plural) mammi market (alternative)

Questions

What does mammy market mean?: A market attached to a barracks, selling goods to soldiers.
Where does mammy market come from?: So called as traditionally run by women.

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