mammock

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mammock

/ˈmamək/ UK
/ˈmæmək/ US
/ˈmɑmək/ US

Rhymes with (US) -æmək

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From mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (diminutive suffix).

noun mammocks

dialectal, obsolete A shapeless piece; a fragment. "Can. Let me be torn into mammocks with wild Bears if I make not a gallemaufry of thy heart"
Similar: hunk, lump, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, flake, fleak

verb mammocks · mammocking · mammocked

dialectal, obsolete, transitive To tear to pieces. I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & when he caught it, he let it go againe, and after it againe, and ouer and ouer he comes, and vp againe: catcht it again: or whether his fall enrag'd him, or how 'twas, hee did so set his teeth, and teare it. Oh, I warrant how he mammockt it.

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@misc{mammock_2026,
  title = {mammock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mammock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}