mumsy

Example Sentences

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The blonde man that the camera now finds on the "Jaws" beach, sloshed in a mumsy jumper, is rather like that character.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2018

Lana, the mumsy phone operator, places down the handset and puts on her specs to peer at her computer.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2015

"Don't be fooled by the slightly mumsy aura," a senior colleague told the Telegraph this month.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2012

We're sitting in the soft-focus, mumsy luxury of a beachside hotel suite in Santa Monica, French doors thrown open to the late afternoon Pacific breeze.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2011

Oh, mumsy, we saw the goose, we did.

From The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays by Hare, Walter Ben