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grampie en · NOUN

Etymology

From grampa + -ie.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of grampy.
   alt of grampy
   • If a monster comes running / and flapping her paws / snapping her tail / sharpening her claws / remember these words that my grampie would say to chase all those monsters away: I’m not afraid that monsters want to eat me for their meal. I’m not afraid of monsters 'cause they're not really real. 2000, Gretchen Kelbaugh, Lollipopsicles, BAJ Books, →ISBN, page 26:
   • Like my grampie, he was round and bald, and wore gold-rimmed glasses. 2013, Barbara Leigh Ohrstrom, Searching for the Castle: Backtrail of an Adoption, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse LLC, →ISBN, page 19:
   • The child’s voice issued from the radio again. “I miss my grampie. Why won’t the bad man let him come home?” 2015, Philip Reed, Off and Running, Brash Books, →ISBN, page 139:
   • My grampie was Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and army. 2012, Christopher Hilton, quoting William (Billy) Field, “The Prisoner”, in Ordinary Heroes: Untold Stories from the Falklands Campaign, The History Press, →ISBN, part one, page 122:
   • That last one struck Natalie—did she really used to be that little girl with the dorktastic pigtails, feet barely able to touch the floor, waiting for Grampie to fix her a milkshake? 2017, Gillian French, The Door to January, Islandport Press, →ISBN, page 7:

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