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grandpy en · NOUN

Etymology

From grandpa + -y.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of grampy.
   alt of grampy
   • The appeal caught the attention of June Goff, 62, who recognised the man described as her own grandfather. Mrs Goff, of Littlewood, Stokenchurch, said: “My husband was reading it out and I said, hang on a minute, that’s my grandpy Jim.” 2006 May 26, Paul Leat, “‘I have found family I never even knew I had’”, in Steve Cohen, editor, Bucks Free Press, Loudwater, Buckinghamshire: Bucks Free Press Group, →OCLC, page 12, column 1:
   • I REMEMBER: […] my grandpy & grammy Liggin, My gramma Wood, My first gramma Liggin and grandpy Wood-I miss and love you both, […] 1990, Kristie Lynn Liggin, “Senior”, in A New Generation of Wildcats, Westport, Mass.: Westport High School, page 109:
   • I have yellow hair and plenty of it, and great big blue eyes. Mother hopes that it is curly. It ought to be as both mother and daddy had curls. My grandpy, “Night Rider,” thinks I am quite a girl. 1933 August 1, Constance Elnora, “The Home Corner”, in Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., →OCLC, page 10, column 5:
   • My mother’s down with achin’ teeth, / An’ grammy’s got the dumps. / My grandpy’s got the roomertiz, / An’ sister’s got the blues; […] 1909 October 30, Boston Herald, “What We’ve Got”, in The Muncie Morning Star, volume 32, number 185, Muncie, Ind., →OCLC, “Twinkles” section, page 4, column 5:

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