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  • noun Plural form of grandnephew.

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Examples

  • But Jim McKiernan said his two grandnephews — one of whom carried the "Recall Walker" sign — were most likely just in awe of the spectacle.

    Police: Wisconsin protest Saturday 'one of largest' 2011

  • In this cartoon, Scrooge McDuck tries to teach his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie how to save money.

    Scrooge McDuck and Money (1967) - The Retroist 2010

  • But Jim McKiernan said his two grandnephews — one of whom carried the "Recall Walker" sign — were most likely just in awe of the spectacle.

    Police: Wisconsin protest Saturday 'one of largest' 2011

  • Seven grandnephews served as pallbearers—an indication of the size of the Carver-Green extended family that had settled in the West.

    Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009

  • The grandchildren or grandnephews and nieces will soon be the only heirs.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Hels 2009

  • The grandchildren or grandnephews and nieces will soon be the only heirs.

    Plunder of the Arts: the Monuments Men Hels 2009

  • Ms. Wilker talked about her husband and her 28 nieces and nephews and 62 grandnieces and grandnephews.

    A New View, After Diagnosis 2009

  • Denied entry into the United States, his dream of joining his grandnephews in running a sushi bar in Florida went stale.

    ‘Kept In a State of Limbo’ 2008

  • "I hope they stay around here and they'll have a lot of friends and a lot of support," Daniel Esh, a 57-year-old Amish artist and woodworker whose three grandnephews were inside the school during the attack, said of the Robertses.

    "Don't Balance the Hurt with Hate:" What the Amish have to teach us Diane Silver 2006

  • "I hope they stay around here and they'll have a lot of friends and a lot of support," Daniel Esh, a 57-year-old Amish artist and woodworker whose three grandnephews were inside the school during the attack, said of the Robertses.

    Archive 2006-10-08 Nancy Jane Moore 2006

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