See quot. 1845.
1837. Marm Pugwash is as onsartin in her temper as a mornin in April; its all sunshine or all clouds with her, and if shes in one of her tantrums, shell stretch out her neck and hiss, like a goose with a flock of goslins.Haliburton, The Clockmaker, i. x. (N.E.D.)
1844. Madam Bradshaw was evidently displeased . Caroline Freeman replied, Ma Bradshaw, I have not yet spoken.Lowell Offering, iv. 191.
1845. The title of Madam is sometimes given here, and generally in Charleston, S.C., and the South, to a mother whose son is married, and the daughter in law is then called Mrs.Sir Charles Lyell, Second Visit to the U.S., i. 129 (N.Y., 1855).
1867.
Obed, you pick em out o sight an sound, | |
Your maam dont love no feathers cluttrin round. | |
Lowell, Fitz-Adams Story: Atlantic Monthly, Jan. |