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plural ma'ams
Contraction of madam. (chiefly used as a form of address). quotations examples
The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again!
1944 May and June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in Railway Magazine, page 150
third-person singular simple present ma'ams, present participle ma'aming or ma'amming, simple past and past participle ma'amed or ma'ammed
To address (someone) using "ma'am". quotations examples
"Y'all have about ma'amed me to death. But you can call me Lucy from here on out. Got it?” “Yes, ma'am—I mean, Lucy,”
2013, Debra Clopton, Her Unexpected Cowboy