noun

• 1British informal, dialect One's mother.

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  • ‘my mam would have had a fit if I'd gone out dressed like that’
  • ‘I had to look after the other children while Mam worked’
  • ‘But mam, I can't stay in the same room as them!’
  • ‘The hardest task was to go to mam in her eighties and break the news.’
  • ‘I managed to say goodbye to mam and my siblings by making myself think of something else as we hugged, but my dad, to whom I was closest, locked himself in the bathroom.’
  • ‘What do people do now if both Mam and Dad have to work nights?’
  • ‘I remember once, many years ago, trying to get off school by telling my dear old mam that I had a terrible ear-ache.’
  • ‘Going to the Olympia theatre in Dublin with mam and dad was the best.’

• 2US informal A term of respectful or polite address used for any woman.

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  • ‘“You all ride them horses down here?” “Yes, mam.”’
  • ‘‘No mam, we don't go giving out the addresses of our stars.’’
  • ‘No mam, I swear I'm who I claim to be… but I have to go.’
  • ‘Yes mam, they should be ready within 15 minutes.’
  • ‘It would mean a lot to me mam.’
  • ‘I know that mam.’
  • ‘‘Yes mam,’ said the main gunner.’
  • ‘OK mam, let's go ahead and shut it down, then we'll power it back up‘.’
  • ‘‘I'm sorry mam,’ said a little girl of about nine.’
  • ‘We are currently 18 hours away from their current position, mam.’
  • ‘I'm sorry mam, but pizza is all I'm able to afford at the moment.’
  • ‘‘Yes, mam,’ the assistant replied, quickly scurrying away.’
  • ‘‘Yes mam,’ Terence said.’
  • ‘Yes, mam, would you like to view the owner's box when you come?’
  • ‘Excuse me, mam, but do you have any room for two soaked people?’
  • ‘OK, mam, I think the only person that can help you right now is your janitor, so try to reach him as fast as you can, OK?’
  • ‘I'm sorry mam, but there were no phone calls taken for you.’
  • ‘‘Yes mam,’ she confirmed, smiling, making an effort to make a first good impression.’
  • ‘Birthday wishes come to them both from Paul and Statia, Dad and Mam and grandparents.’
  • ‘One minute you're there, mam and dad and family around you, you're poor and you've got holes in your shoes, but you're a normal person.’
  • ‘I'm not going to stop just because Mam has a bed now.’