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Examples
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It's with Beckett and I say, "If my mother came by, you can call her 'Ma'am,' but you will call me 'Sir' or 'Captain.'"
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The sheet of paper told me that the appropriate form of the address to the Queen, whom I was going to meet, was "Your Majesty" and after that "Ma'am" and not "Marm".
Thanks for coming to Ireland – but we still need a bailout | Colm Toibin 2011
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Apparently, we have Ma'am Mayuga as our professor.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Officer: "Ma'am, you have a little something stuck between your teeth ... are those fish guts!?"
Woman Fries And Eats Pet Goldfish After Fight With Ex-Husband 2009
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"Ma'am, how far away from you do I have to be to take a piss?"
Nell Merlino: Ambition and the "B" Word Nell Merlino 2011
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Ma'am, with all due respect, I teach competitive debate to high schoolers and one of the main rules is that when a person starts making blanket statements and coming up with conspiracy theories rather than providing actual evidence to back up his or her arguments, that person is getting desperate and is losing the debate round.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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“Ma'am, my name is Officer Daniels and I'm so sorry, but I'm afraid I have some bad news…”
Little Grey Elephant Erin Zulkoski 2011
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Captain Providence didn't need any fancy space guns or super powers or skimpy outfits, no Ma'am!
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“Ma'am, I'm terribly sorry to call you like this, but—”
Little Grey Elephant Erin Zulkoski 2011
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"Ma'am, how far away from you do I have to be to take a piss?"
Nell Merlino: Ambition and the "B" Word Nell Merlino 2011
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