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View synonyms for grandpappy

grandpappy

[ gran-pap-ee, grand-, gram- ]

noun

, Dialect.
, plural grand·pap·pies.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of grandpappy1

First recorded in 1935–40; grand- + pappy 2

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Example Sentences

Grandpappy Ryan did exactly what Obama says other people did to help small businesses thrive.

Your great-grandpappy would be right proud of the way you talk!

My grandpappy told my pappy, who told me, who told you, that Old Joe's been hunted by every Mundee.

So I'm glad you did find you a general to sling some weight an' git us into his scouts jus' 'cause he knew your grandpappy.

My grandpappy was a full blood Indian; my pappy a half Indian; my mother, coal black woman.

"Tell me again when my great-grandpappy come here," Harky requested.

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