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View synonyms for granddad

granddad

[ gran-dad ]

noun

, Informal.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of granddad1

First recorded in 1810–20; grand- + dad 1

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Example Sentences

The president stares at him, his kind eyes emanating genuine compassion through his granddad spectacles.

Matter of fact, everybody sort of looks up to him as the town granddad.

Besides, I've heard Granddad tell about the Rookery, as he calls it, many times.

I worried so that I hardly slept, and Granddad woke me three or four times to know if you had come back.

I don't know jes what it wuz about, but I reckon my granddad wuz right, and I'll see it through.

And it made me think of my granddad to see what he had on his head—a reg'lar nightcap, tassel and all.

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