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- adjective informal Characteristic of a
mum ;motherly - noun affectionate
mum ,mother
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Examples
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Debbies I tend to thing of as small, round and most definitely "mumsy".
A Rosie By Any Other Name... juliette 2009
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Obama has escaped being stereotyped the way Laura was as "mumsy" staying home baking cookies.
NY Daily News 2010
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Nina tells her the blouse is "mumsy" and an odd length.
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Next, which, despite the slightly "mumsy" image it can have, is actually a really good place to stock up on flats, and reasonably priced, too.
Shoewawa 2008
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Next, which, despite the slightly "mumsy" image it can have, is actually a really good place to stock up on flats, and reasonably priced, too.
Shoewawa 2008
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"There is a plethora of maternity websites on the we," said a spokesperson for the founders, "but most of them take a somewhat 'mumsy' approach to the maternity lifestyle.
Brand new Maternity website makes mums sexy, again! Thatsnews 2007
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Dave Delia 10 – she's mumsy, so she'd have a Mini.
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Bichon: "I love the couch dress and quality time with my mumsy and my daddy."
Is that your hand in my pocket? Tyler 2009
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Trinny's a rake; so thin she could crawl through an empty Biro casing if the mood struck her, while Susannah's plump and mumsy and obsessed with other women's boobs, lurching at them like Sid James in Carry On Up The Tribunal.
Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: What Not To Wear Charlie Brooker 2010
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It's mimsy-mumsy sweetness without any kind of bite.
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