Definitions
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- adj. Characteristic of a mum; motherly
- n. mum, mother
Etymologies
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Examples
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Debbies I tend to thing of as small, round and most definitely "mumsy".
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Nina tells her the blouse is "mumsy" and an odd length.
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Obama has escaped being stereotyped the way Laura was as "mumsy" staying home baking cookies.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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It's mimsy-mumsy sweetness without any kind of bite.
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Not very much chat-traffic is criminal or exploitative, but check out the Facebook groups for a flavour of how unpleasant some of the supposedly mumsy stuff is.
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