Muvver

She knew no other phrase of gratitude than the one "Muvver" Jim and

Polly of the Circus Margaret Mayo 1916

Polly who had dubbed big Jim "Muvver," and the sobriquet had stuck to him in spite of his six feet two, and shoulders that an athlete might have envied.

Polly of the Circus Margaret Mayo 1916

As I sit nervously wondering how things will pan out down Ealing way I am still riven with disappointment that “Mock The Week” which started so well has now drooped flaccidly into bashing the Conservatives and the Monarchy in lieu of a” Muvver in Law “.

Life Goes on Under Emperor Brown Newmania 2007

Az wun ob mai favrit aufors uzedta sai, Muvver Eve will taek caer ob taht!

I haz mai 1st kiss - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

“Muvver,” said Eustace, “we had gwouse, pancakes, and spiky artichokes, and we dwove like Jehu.”

On Forsyte 'Change 2004

"Aren't we going to get to that wanch-place pwetty soon, Muvver?" he asked Mrs. Bunker.

Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope

"Not even tell Muvver?" asked Mun Bun, looking almost scared.

Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's Laura Lee Hope

"My hair wasn't parted, Muvver," he said afterward to Mother Bunker.

Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope

"Only babies take naps, don't they, Muvver?" he said to Mother Bunker.

Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope

Muvver wasn't in bed all the time now, but sat up in a chair for part of the day and even, if one were ever so quiet, could listen to accounts of what happened in Ariadne's world and could be told how Aunt

The Squirrel-Cage Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918