"mandem" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: gyal dem"
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          "text": "The mandem all used to go round there and get head off her, the sister blowing the man line by line while her brother shotted downstairs in the stairwell.",
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          "text": "She probably heard some hyped up version from the mandem but she don't know the truth. She ain't seen what I seen.",
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          "text": "[…] reports suggest he may have had links to that group and allied north London gangs such as the Broadwater Farm Posse and Tottenham Mandem.",
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          "ref": "2015, “Shut Up”, performed by Stormzy",
          "text": "But you see my man over there with the pouch\nDare one of you man try get loud\nAll of my mandem move so foul",
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          "text": "The mandem too inconsiderate, five-star hotel, smokin' cigarette / Mixin' codeine up with the Phenergan",
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