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- noun obsolete practice of visiting one's literal or figurative mother or mother church (compare
Mothering Sunday ); also called Mothering
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Examples
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"It air hard on the little kid," Tessibel said meditatively, "when its ma says what another woman air a-mothering it for good and all."
Tess of the Storm Country Grace Miller White 1912
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'These good folk have come a-mothering, and a share of their simnels we'll have.'
The Caged Lion Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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