Mammy vs. Tammy — What's the Difference?

Mother.

A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

(Offensive) A black nursemaid, especially one formerly in the southern United States.

Alternative form of tamis

(childish) mamma; mother

A tam o’shanter hat.

In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.

To strain through a tammy.

A child's name for mamma, mother.

A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, - used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

An offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.

A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.

Informal terms for a mother

Plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains

A woolen cap of Scottish origin