Top Mummy Quotes

Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism.

Every child gets a good mother, but not every mother gets a good child.

Mummy Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.

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

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

(n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

(n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.

(v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.

God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody, he said bitterly. We ought to supply with a pistol, to even the odds.

In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.