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  • There was always barber's banter and customers would try to talk to me, but I was suspicious of strangers and not interested, much to my grandad's disgust.

    Family life 2011

  • Every lunchtime we would return from a morning in the sand to the same spread of fresh bread, liver pâté, cheese and cucumber all accompanied by my grandad's toe-curling jokes.

    Family life 2011

  • Yet to hear Democrats tell it, the 41-year-old Republican congressman is the evil genius, the cruel and mad budget cutter who threatens grandma's health care, grandad's retirement, and the entitlement state as we know it.

    Ryan's Charge Up Entitlement Hill Paul A. Gigot 2011

  • Mr. Alborough's song "Fighting Trousers" includes the lyric: "I've got super producers and fans that play me, you've got a grandad's mustache and a ukulele."

    In 'Chap-Hop,' Gentlemen Rappers Bust Rhymes About Tea, Cricket Frances Robinson 2011

  • I shoot a Mod 12 Winchester 2 3/4 in just like my dad and grandad, I've got my grandad's and shoot it too, on occasion.

    NC Sunday-Hunting Bill Faces Deadline 2009

  • "My grandad's store and the end of the high street" First Person said that the TJ Hughes chain of department stores "was the biggest of the high street hallmarks that went into administration along with Thorntons chocolates, Habitat, and other brands".

    For the record 2011

  • I shoot a Mod 12 Winchester 2 3/4 in just like my dad and grandad, I've got my grandad's and shoot it too, on occasion.

    NC Sunday-Hunting Bill Faces Deadline 2009

  • Today it's inconceivable that I was part of that black-and-white world and yet there I am, knock-kneed and toddler-bellied, not reaching up to my grandad's waist.

    The power of the holiday photo 2010

  • Robbie Williams has several, including a lion, his grandad's name and a Maori tribal piece on his shoulder.

    The rise and rise of the tattoo 2010

  • He's imported his beloved dead grandad's body from Norway and, in the absence of enough money for professional cryopreservation services, is keeping it on dry ice in his garden shed.

    The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo 2010

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