Definitions
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- noun informal a
grandmother - noun rare a
grandfather
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- noun the mother of your father or mother
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Examples
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The true kings, meanwhile, rule quietly, if at all, and hate ruling; too many of them make il gran rifiúto; 18 and if they do not, the mob, as soon as they are likely to become useful to it, is pretty sure to make its gran rifiúto of them.
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The picture with your gran is how I remember mine.
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It's all too easy for me to "pass" and let society define me as merely "kind of Jewish looking"; but I think I should begin to reclaim my heritage while my gran is still alive.
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In vano stimabili Signori vengono in gran numero mi far 'adorazione!
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And if that’s not bad enough, my gran is a motorcycle riding social worker with tattoos from one end of her body to the other.
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"Teach yo 'gran'-mammy how to milk the house cat," sneered Jud, while
The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills
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'avesse l'inferno in gran dispetto,' – he had a very contemptible opinion of hell.
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Memories. .my gran was a Hallatonian and her brothers remained in the village after she came South to work as a cook.
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Since the winter is creeping up on us, there was also talk of a related drink called gran rakia, which is heated and blended with sugar.
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Since the winter is creeping up on us, there was also talk of a related drink called gran rakia, which is heated and blended with sugar.
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