Mama-pian

"Mama-pian" in a Sentence (3 examples)

One ulcer is usually larger and fouler than the rest, and this is known by the negroes […] as the mama-pian, or mama yaw.

[T]he master-fungus being named mama-pian, or mother-yaw, as supposed to be the source or supply of the rest.

A large persistent yaw is sometimes known as the "mother," or "grandmother," or "mama-pian"[…]

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