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Definition of Mummy
Mummy
A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.

Dried flesh of a mummy.

A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

One whose affections and energies are withered.

To embalm; to mummify.


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Mummy Quotations
I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.
Anne Frank

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?
Princess Diana

My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!
Kate Moss

I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.
Brendan Fraser

I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money.
Anna Friel

Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold.
Zahi Hawass

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Mummy Translations
mummy in Dutch is mummie
mummy in German is Mumie
Mummy in Italian is mamma
mummy in Spanish is momia
mummy in Swedish is mumie, mamma






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