mama put
n.— «Mama-put: Road side food seller so called because customers frequently beg for extra helpings by saying “Mama abeg put more now.”» —by Babawilly Babawilly’s Dictionary of Pidgin English Words and Phrases (Nigeria) , 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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