mamgu

See also: mam-gu

English

Etymology

From Welsh mam-gu.

Noun

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.