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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mummy1

▶noun (pl. mummies) Brit. informal one's mother.

– origin C18: perh. an alt. of earlier mammy.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mummy2

▶noun (pl. mummies) (especially in ancient Egypt) a body that has been preserved for burial by embalming and wrapping in bandages.

– origin ME: from Fr. momie, from med. L. mumia and Arab. mūmiyā ‘embalmed body’.

'mummy' also found in these Oxford entries:

mommy - mummify - mummy's boy - mumsy - yummy mummy

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