"mamgu" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mamgus [plural]
Etymology: From Welsh mam-gu. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cy|mam-gu}} Welsh mam-gu Head templates: {{en-noun}} mamgu (plural mamgus)
  1. (South Wales) A grandmother. Tags: South-Wales Categories (topical): Female family members

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, Aneurin Gareth Thomas, Luggage from Elsewhere, page 203:",
          "text": "And brightly dressed mamgus sipping from a flask of whisky, lightly laced with tea for the bronchi cough.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, John Hartson, Please Don't Go: Big John's Journey Back to Life:",
          "text": "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, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Donna Amey Bhatt, How to Greet a Gran:",
          "text": "For Nora, Nancy, and all the Mamgus.",
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          "ref": "2011, John Hartson, Please Don't Go: Big John's Journey Back to Life:",
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