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“Mummy” {‘mommy, momma, mama’ in American English} (noun with plural form – mummies) is ‘another word for ‘mother’ used by children’,

e.g.

“Mummy! There’s somebody come to see you.”

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“Mummy” (noun with plural form – mummies) is ‘a dead body of a person preserved (kept safe from spoiling) by applying some kind of medicine (special oils) and covering with a special cloth or cloth-like material, usually done by people in ancient times’,

e.g.

Though mummies are found in several parts of the world, the best preserved ones are from the pyramids in Egypt.

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