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Definition of Mammocked
1. mammock [v] - See also: mammock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammocked
Literary usage of Mammocked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the by William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1811)
"... You have made a fine spot of work of it," being a common phrase of reproach
to those who have brought themselves into a scrape. 3 mammocked it. ..."
2. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"he did so set his teeth and tear it ; 0, I warrant, how he mammocked it. ... sb.
pi. fragments ; viands ' mammocked,' or broken up into scraps. — Ibid. ..."
3. The young people of Shakespeare's dramas by Amelia Edith Barr (1882)
"his fall enraged him, or how 'twas, he did so set his teeth, and tear it; O, I
warrant, how he mammocked it! VOL. One of his father's moods. VAL. ..."
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