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gran

[ gran ]

noun

, Informal.


gran

/ ɡræn /

noun

  1. an informal word for grandmother


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gran1

First recorded in 1860–65; by shortening

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Example Sentences

Attempts to export shale oil and gas, for example, have run smack into legal and regulatory barriers as old as a Gran Torino.

Or perhaps you recognize him from Flags of Our Fathers, Gran Torino, or Invictus.

But Eastwood is also loved by young voters who remember him in Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino.

The Gran Torino is a dinosaur, and so is Walt Koslowski (Eastwood).

This may explain why Warner Bros and Sony, in addition to Paramount, are pursuing the strategy for Seven Pounds and Gran Torino.

He's very tall an' gran', an' w'ars fine close, an' han's is white as a cotton bat, but his eyes doan set right in his head.

He did come,—a big, gran' man, wid a look which made me glad Miss Dory was in heaven 'stead of livin' wid him.

To Mildred he was one of that numerous army of brevet relations known as gran-pop, pop, or uncle.

"Ay, an' it's a gran' price for onybody wha kens aboot it," said auld Jamie Lauder.

"It's an awfu' gran' book, Rob," she would say after a time, while she strove to subdue the sobs in her breast.

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