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granny
or ·Ծ
[ gran-ee ]
noun
plural grannies.
- Informal. a grandmother.
- an elderly woman.
- a fussy person.
- Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a nurse or midwife.
adjective
grannier, granniest
- of, relating to, or thought to be like a grandmother or an elderly or old-fashioned woman:
granny notions about what's proper.
- (of clothing for women or girls) being loose-fitted and having such features as high necklines, puff sleeves, long skirts, and ruffles and lace trimmings:
a granny blouse; a granny nightgown.
granny
/ ˈɡæɪ /
noun
- informal words for grandmother
- informal.an irritatingly fussy person
- a revolving cap on a chimneypot that keeps out rain, etc
- a midwife or nurse
- See granny knot
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of granny1
1655–65; grand(mother) + -y 2, with -nd- > -nn-
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"In some ways, you stick a wig and a beard on someone, little round granny glasses and a white suit and everyone goes, 'It's John Lennon'"
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Jocelyn recalls him saying: "When I went past and saw you were in trouble, I thought, suppose they were my granny and grandpa?"
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We lived in a neighborhood where the only white people were the family who lived in front of our granny flat.
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"He would fight his granny for a goal," he said.
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Bring on the granny pants and awkward moments, because beloved singleton Bridget Jones is back on our screens on Thursday.
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