Definitions
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- noun A less common variant spelling of
granny .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the mother of your father or mother
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Examples
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After her death, it was used from habit, at first with a feeling of mistake, seeing its immediate owner was gone; but by degrees it settled down upon me, and I came to be called grannie by everybody in the house.
The Vicar's Daughter George MacDonald 1864
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"You shouldn't call your grannie wicked," said the gentleman.
At the Back of the North Wind George MacDonald 1864
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Via reader Goli, a YouTube video posted by an American "grannie" ...
W. David Stephenson: New Anti-Terror Weapons: You, Me, iPhone & Twitter 2009
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Via reader Goli, a YouTube video posted by an American "grannie" ...
Thomas Crampton: China, Iran: World Leaders in Blocking the Internet 2009
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Via reader Goli, a YouTube video posted by an American "grannie" ...
Nosheen Abbas: Urban Pak Youth Meet With Their Swat Counterparts To Work Towards Change 2009
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Via reader Goli, a YouTube video posted by an American "grannie" ...
Patrick Disney: When All You Have is a Hammer, Every Iran Problem Looks Like a Nail 2009
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Via reader Goli, a YouTube video posted by an American "grannie" ...
Betwa Sharma: Another Hunger Strike? Is Anyone Listening to The Iranians? 2009
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Via reader Goli, a YouTube video posted by an American "grannie" ...
Trita Parsi: Let Me Introduce You to One of the People Imprisoned in Iran 2009
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With a piece of twine she tied "figure-eights," now and then slipping into the "grannie" class; she made half-hitches, clove hitches, a running bowline, and various other combinations, until Amy declared that it made her head ache to look on.
The outdoor girls at Rainbow Lake: or, the Stirring Cruise of the Motor Boat Gem 1913
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She put her arms roun 'grannie's neck, an' grannie could not speak, but de big tears roll down her cheeks.
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