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grandpie en · NOUN

Etymology

From grandpa + -ie.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of grampy.
   alt of grampy
   • Cherished memories of dear little Mary, died May 22, 1953.—Ever remembered by her Grandpie. 1954 May 21, “In Memoriam”, in The Glamorgan Gazette […], number 5878, Bridgend, →OCLC, “Births, Marriages & Deaths” section, page 6, column 2:
   • “Only, marmie, I didn’t mind hevin’ them black curls git in my eyes—much—not none—but I had a doctor-snake a-sleepin’ in my pocket, an’ I wuz scared the pressin’ ’ud wake him an’ he ’ud slide out, an’”—in a burst of words—“an’ she never ’ud go for to do it no more. But don’t yu’ tell grandpie!” 1907 January 26, Leslie Covert, “Gullsegg: A Story of a Bay of Fundy Boy”, in George Harvey, editor, Harper’s Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 135, column 3:
   • My in-laws had a hammock that my older son adored. He’d lie in it with his “Grandpie”—swinging back and forth, watching the sun glint through the tree’s leaves above, singing made-up songs. 2024, Sarah Asermily, “A Blue Bird Day”, in Amy Newmark, editor, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles, Angels & Messages from Heaven, Cos Cob, Conn.: Chicken Soup for the Soul, →ISBN, part 2 (Comfort from Beyond), page 69:
   • Mikey was also blessed to be a grandpie to Thomas Bickford and Zoey Bickford who always lovingly called him “The mayor of candy land”. 2019 November 24, McCullough Funeral Home, “Michael ‘Mikey’ Patrick Beaumarchais, Jr.”, in The Telegraph, volume 193, number 328, Macon, Ga., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Obituaries” section, page 5C, column 2:

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