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mamgu en · NOUN

Etymology

From Welsh mam-gu.

Meanings

1. (South-Wales) A grandmother.
   • For Nora, Nancy, and all the Mamgus. 2021, Donna Amey Bhatt, How to Greet a Gran:
   • And brightly dressed mamgus sipping from a flask of whisky, lightly laced with tea for the bronchi cough. 2007, Aneurin Gareth Thomas, Luggage from Elsewhere, page 203:
   • I'm not a religious man, or at least I am not a churchgoer. But I really felt my two mamgus, Annie and Lena, were looking down on me that day from heaven, […] 2011, John Hartson, Please Don't Go: Big John's Journey Back to Life:

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