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  • noun Plural form of mamo.

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Examples

  • The "mamos" (spiritual leaders), who asked the new president to protect the environment, handed Santos two cotton bracelets which are set to keep "evil spirits" at bay.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Imagine the cost savings if we just eliminated mamos altogether.

    Wasserman Schultz: Health panel findings 'disturbing' 2009

  • It must be a lot like how my mamos felt all her life.

    Archive 2008-02-01 jek-a-go-go 2008

  • I did a wee bit of thrifting in honor of my mamos and squeezed in two lunches.

    Archive 2008-03-01 jek-a-go-go 2008

  • It was one of the first recipes my mamos taught me when I was a little girl.

    Archive 2008-02-01 jek-a-go-go 2008

  • "And throughout Colombia, we have the backing of the wise men, curacas, jaibanás and mamos," it added, listing the terms by which the religious authorities of different indigenous cultures are known.

    IPS Inter Press Service 2008

  • "And throughout Colombia, we have the backing of the wise men, curacas, jaibanás and mamos," it added, listing the terms by which the religious authorities of different indigenous cultures are known.

    IPS Inter Press Service 2008

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