"momliness" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} momliness (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being momly. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-momliness-en-noun-5dqQtYK4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1982 August 1, Karen Osman, “Cleanliness is next to momliness”, in The Sunday Pantagraph, Bloomington–Normal, Ill., page Li3",
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          "ref": "2010, Jane Mendle, My Ultimate Sister Disaster, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, page 92",
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          "ref": "2021, Carrie Thorne, A Day Late (Foothills Romance Series; 3), Thorny Books, page 69",
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