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- proper noun informal one's
grandfather
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Examples
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During the days when Toby Keith's "Grandpappy" stalked the Jim Crow South, lynching was an institutional method of terror employed against blacks to maintain white supremacy.
Max Blumenthal: Toby Keith's Pro-Lynching Publicity Tour Hits Colbert, CBS and More 2008
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Did Grandpappy forget to take his prune juice this morning?
Think Progress » McCain Falsely Claims He Has ‘Never Favored’ Capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2010
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Speaking of birth certificate, memo to AZ lawmakers, show me Grandpappy McSame and the queen of birther Orly Taitz [half attorney and half dentist] birth certificates!
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A Constitutional law professor is a lot better than a quitter and twit that was picked as VP from Grandpappy McCain by The Google.
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And I was rolling the floor on how Grandpappy McCain chose Lady Blah Blah of Alaska. lol Dumb as a door knob!
Think Progress » Heilemann: Palin ‘regularly’ said that ‘that Saddam Hussein had been behind 9/11.’ 2010
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Grandpappy McSame changes his positions like the wind blows.
Think Progress » McCain Falsely Claims He Has ‘Never Favored’ Capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2010
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She points out that he's circumcised and suggests that grandkids maintain their position, and if necessary, threaten not to visit for the rest of the year if Grandpappy votes for McCain.
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We're sure our Grandpappy would have dealt wise-words too, but some villain did him in with a hammer one night leaving no signs of forced entry.
U.S. Radio Host Makes Racial Comments, Is Ugly – But Still Charitable 2007
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As my old Grandpappy used to say, "Why make red dwarves when you can make black holes?"
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When the fellow who would become the first Duke of Norwood called for volunteers to support Zorana Shield against that skunk, Gustin Sailor, Grandpappy went happily.
Through Wolfs Eyes 2001
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