grand.

'Aha,' said Bill Barnacle, cutting up slices of the Puddin ',' this is what I call grand.

The Magic Pudding Norman Lindsay 1924

I tell you, sir, you mayn't have a mind that can give out much, but you've got a mind that can take in the biggest kind of thing, and that is what I call grand.

The Associate Hermits Frank Richard Stockton 1868

"The Polish immigrants are very fond of the word grand.

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"The Polish immigrants are very fond of the word grand.

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The distant view from the road, as one approaches the city, is one that can only be described as grand.

The Automobilist Abroad

Here the little man paused, and his insignificant face grew in expression grand.

What's Mine's Mine — Volume 3 George MacDonald 1864

Here the little man paused, and his insignificant face grew in expression grand.

What's Mine's Mine — Complete George MacDonald 1864

(Greeks somehow do manage to roll their gammas, producing a sound similar to the "gr" in the French word "grand.")

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4 1977

I can't talk about the economy, or the universe, or academe, as academicians like to call where they work when they're feeling kind of grand.

Excerpt: A Short Guide To A Happy Life by Anna Quindlen 2000

The mayor of the city was pleased to pronounce it "grand."

The American Missionary — Volume 48, No. 7, July, 1894 Various