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granddaddy

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grand⋅dad⋅dy

  [gran-dad-ee]
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–noun, plural -dies. Informal.
grandfather.
Origin:
1760–70; grand- + daddy
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grand·dad·dy also gran·dad·dy   (grān'dād'ē)   
n.   pl. grand·dad·dies also gran·dad·dies Informal

  1. A grandfather.

  2. One that is the first, oldest, or most respected of its kind: the granddaddy of modern computers.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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