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"ref": "1668 June 22 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), John Dryden, An Evening’s Love, or The Mock-Astrologer. […], In the Savoy [London]: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1671, →OCLC, Act III, page 33:",
"text": "Madam me no Madam, but learn to retrench your vvords; and ſay Mam; as yes Mam, and no Mam, as other Ladies VVomen do. Madam! 'tis a year in pronouncing.",
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"ref": "1697, [John Vanbrugh], “[Part I]”, in Æsop. A Comedy. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Richard Wellington, […], published 1702, →OCLC, Act V, page 45:",
"text": "Gad take my Soul, Mame, I hope I ſhall pleaſe you now— […] I vovv to Gad, Mame, I vvas ſo taken up vvith my good Fortune, I did not obſerve the extream Fancy of your Ladiſhip's VVedding-Cloaths— […]",
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"ref": "1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 74:",
"text": "O yes Mem, I'll vouch any thing for your Ladyſhip's ſervice, be vvhat it vvill.",
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"ref": "1765, Samuel Foote, The Commissary. A Comedy […], London: […] P[aul] Vaillant, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 8:",
"text": "If I, ma'am, can be of the leaſt uſe—",
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"ref": "1837 August, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “In Which Oliver Is Taken Better Care of than He Ever Was Before. With Some Particulars Concerning a Certain Picture.”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 182:",
"text": "\"You're very, very kind to me, ma'am,\" said Oliver.",
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"ref": "1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 7.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 273:",
"text": "You was wrong, mim, and I was right. I thought he wouldn't keep us up so late, two nights running, mim. Master's always considerate so far. I'm so glad, mim, on your account.",
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"ref": "1847 December, Acton Bell [pseudonym; Anne Brontë], “The Cottagers”, in Agnes Grey. […], London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 176:",
"text": "[H]e axed if wer stock o' coals was nearly done. I telled him it was, an' we was ill set to get more—but you know mum I didn't think o' him helping us—but howsever, he sent us a sack o' coals next day; […]",
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"ref": "1854, Charles Dickens, “Effects in the Bank”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC, book the second (Reaping), page 140:",
"text": "Thank you, ma'am. But, since you do refer to me, now look at me, ma'am. I have put by a little, ma'am, already. That gratuity which I receive at Christmas, ma'am: I never touch it. I don't even go the length of my wages, though they're not high, ma'am. Why can't they do as I have done, ma'am? What one person can do, another can do.",
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"ref": "1865 May 15 – 1866 January 1, Anthony Trollope, “William Belton Does Not Go Out Hunting”, in The Belton Estate. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published December 1865 (indicated as 1866), →OCLC, pages 220–221:",
"text": "\"A telegruff message, mum, for Mr. William,\" said the maid, looking at her mistress with eyes opened wide, as she handed the important bit of paper to her master.",
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"ref": "1921 August–September, John Buchan, “Of the Princess in the Tower”, in Huntingtower, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published August 1922, →OCLC, page 99:",
"text": "Very pleased to meet you, Mem. I'm Mr. McCunn from Glasgow.",
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"ref": "1944 May–June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 150:",
"text": "The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying \"Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!\"—and pushes her in again!",
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"ref": "2024 February 10 (last accessed), “Greeting a Member of The Royal Family”, in Royal.gov.uk, archived from the original on 2024-02-10:",
"text": "There are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family, but many people wish to observe the traditional forms. […] On presentation to The Queen, the correct formal address is ‘Your Majesty’ and subsequently ‘Ma’am’, pronounced with a short ‘a’, as in ‘jam’. […] For other female members of the Royal Family the first address is conventionally ‘Your Royal Highness’ and subsequently ‘Ma’am’.",
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"word": "아주머니"
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"word": "эгэ"
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"roman": "bī bī",
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"text": "[H]e axed if wer stock o' coals was nearly done. I telled him it was, an' we was ill set to get more—but you know mum I didn't think o' him helping us—but howsever, he sent us a sack o' coals next day; […]",
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"text": "Thank you, ma'am. But, since you do refer to me, now look at me, ma'am. I have put by a little, ma'am, already. That gratuity which I receive at Christmas, ma'am: I never touch it. I don't even go the length of my wages, though they're not high, ma'am. Why can't they do as I have done, ma'am? What one person can do, another can do.",
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"ref": "1921 August–September, John Buchan, “Of the Princess in the Tower”, in Huntingtower, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published August 1922, →OCLC, page 99:",
"text": "Very pleased to meet you, Mem. I'm Mr. McCunn from Glasgow.",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "chiefly used as a form of address: contraction of madam — see also madam",
"word": "美女"
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"sense": "chiefly used as a form of address: contraction of madam — see also madam",
"word": "proua"
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"sense": "chiefly used as a form of address: contraction of madam — see also madam",
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"sense": "chiefly used as a form of address: contraction of madam — see also madam",
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"sense": "chiefly used as a form of address: contraction of madam — see also madam",
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