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- noun Plural form of
grandaunt .
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Examples
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When in doubt, seek professional advice (except those of your great-grandaunts or colour-blind uncles).
babycartercl Diary Entry babycartercl 2006
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Your grandmother or grandaunts took you there and said the pictures were admirable.
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I am sure that your grandaunts are even more glad to have you than I was sorry to let you go.
Betty Leicester A Story For Girls Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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They talked a little longer, Betty and the grandaunts, until sensible
Betty Leicester A Story For Girls Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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One of my grandaunts married a man by the name of Wright.
Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1860
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Your grandmother or grandaunts took you there and said the pictures were admirable.
John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Only a few weeks ago, Samorn's mother learned that two of his grandaunts were alive.
Chicago Reader 2010
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She hadn't slept for nights, so did my other grandaunts, who laboured around the clock to take care of her and handle all the funeral affairs.
teddy-risation? Teddy 2010
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Every time I chance that way, whether walking, driving or using the TTC, I get misty eyed reminiscing about the wonderful people who lived there - my great-grandparents, grandparents and grandaunts - and all those good times with extended family.
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Both sets of grandparents are no longer around but we have many granduncles and grandaunts to visit, not to mention numerous aunts and uncles to collect Ang Pows from.
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