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- noun Plural form of
great-grandparent .
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Examples
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When we look just at approval of abortion for health reasons, the post-boomers converge with their grandparents, and even great-grandparents.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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We are on a Kalahari ship that is headed for the glory of sanctified n|om and spirit that the greatest of our great-grandparents once embraced.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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He further noted that his great-grandparents met opprobrium for their “mixed marriage”—a Norwegian and a Swede.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Somewhere along the way, all the lessons our grandparents and great-grandparents learned the hard way simply stopped being passed along.
Hold the door, please. Jackson Stone 2011
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In my great-grandparents 'day, settlers would get mad at Indians and form a posse for a so-called punishment expedition.
Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010
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Her great-grandparents had owned several oil and gas companies and hung out with people like the Vanderbilts.
The Education Of Hailey Kendrick Eileen Cook 2011
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But they did and have been great-grandparents to Jay.
I.O.U. Elle 2011
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Later last summer, my husband, kids and I accompanied my father to Italy to find out where my great-grandparents came from, and why and how they eventually settled in Chicago.
Dr. Caroline Cicero: Crossing The Seas To Make A Legacy Dr. Caroline Cicero 2011
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I was only joking ... although it it is true that I get significantly happier reading about Asian characters in books that don't have being an immigrant or the descendant of an immigrant (honestly, don't Asians have personalities besides being the picked-on nerd whose great-grandparents came from Taipei?) as a focus/main plot.
"Chain, chain...every shadow, every face." greygirlbeast 2010
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In my great-grandparents 'day [shown right], settlers would get mad at Indians and form a posse for a so-called punishment expedition.
Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010
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