mamgu

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English

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Etymology

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From Welsh mam-gu.

Noun

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mamgu (plural mamgus)

  1. (South Wales) A grandmother.
    • 2007, Aneurin Gareth Thomas, Luggage from Elsewhere, page 203:
      And brightly dressed mamgus sipping from a flask of whisky, lightly laced with tea for the bronchi cough.
    • 2011, John Hartson, Please Don't Go: Big John's Journey Back to Life:
      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, []
    • 2021, Donna Amey Bhatt, How to Greet a Gran:
      For Nora, Nancy, and all the Mamgus.