mammock

Definition

A shapeless piece; a fragment.

Etymology

From mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”).

Example Sentences

• ""Can. Let me be torn into mammocks with wild Bears if I make not a gallemaufry of thy heart""
• "The bird liveth by the scraps, and feedeth upon the leavings of that monster, who gently receiveth him into his mouth, and suffers him to pecke his jawes and teeth for such mamockes [translating morceaux] of flesh as sticke betweene them[…]."
• ""Then, by St. Thomas of Canterbury," replied Gurth, "we will have the castle, should we tear it down with our hands!" / "We have nothing else to tear it with," replied Wamba; "but mine are scarce fit to make mammocks of freestone and mortar.""