auntie

noun

aunt·ie ˈan-tē

ˈän-

variants or aunty

plural aunties

: aunt

Auntie Mame

… a stern but smoldering auntie.—

Ken Tucker

"Oh, please don't! We have come to tea with our cousin, and we'll be as good as gold if you'll let us stay, auntie," clamoured the boys …—

Louisa May Alcott

These crosses underneath the letter are really kisses, all from the children who keep asking me about Aunty Daphne, though they do not know you.—

Janet Frame

Examples of auntie in a Sentence

The children were happy to see their Auntie Mary.

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Commenters were going in on our Bajan queen, saying she’s ‘lost her spark’ is ‘looking old’, and is now giving auntie. —

Essence, 5 Dec. 2024 This may take a while to master, but the coffee aunties and uncles who make the drinks are usually happy to help tourists along, and will clarify your request before whipping it up. —

Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024 Georgie’s cake is equally garish and brilliant and inspired by her auntie’s bathroom, which had a carpet and, most likely, one of those little dolls with a crocheted skirt to hold an extra roll of toilet paper. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024 Everyone’s invited: aunties throw it back, dudes bust out the fleshlights—even the opps get laid. —

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