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ma'am

noun as in madam

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"They told me, 'ma'am, come inside with us, we will take you home safely,'" she said.

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A man with a tattoo that swirls across his face shouts, "Where you from, ma'am?"

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At the time, her friends saw no reason to doubt her, with one even jokingly calling her "ma'am" in a WhatsApp message.

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"You were required to provide answers and, ma'am, you did not."

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Cohen said: "No ma'am," adding that it was not enough work for him to send an invoice.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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