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granny

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gran·ny or gran·nie  (grn)
n. pl. gran·nies
1. Informal A grandmother.
2. Informal A fussy person.
3. Chiefly Southern U.S. See midwife.

[Short for grandmother or grandam.]

granny, grannie [ˈgrænɪ]
n pl -nies
1. informal words for grandmother
2. Informal an irritatingly fussy person
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a revolving cap on a chimneypot that keeps out rain, etc.
4. (Medicine) Southern US a midwife or nurse
5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Knots) See granny knot
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.grannygranny - the mother of your father or mother
grandparent - a parent of your father or mother
nan - your grandmother
2.granny - an old woman
old woman - a woman who is old
3.grannygranny - a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
flat knot, reef knot - a square knot used in a reef line
Translations
granny grannie [ˈgrænɪ]
A. Nabuela f
yes, grannysí, abuela
B. CPD granny flat N (Brit) → pisito m or (LAm) departamentito m para la abuela
granny knot Nnudo m corredizo

granny [ˈgræni] nmamie f
my granny → ma mamie
granny flat npetit appartement en annexe)m indépendant >

granny, grannie
n
(inf)Oma f (inf), → Omi f (inf)
(also granny knot)Altweiberknoten m

granny:
granny bonds
pl (Brit Fin inf) indexgebundene staatliche Sparbriefe
granny flat
n (Brit) → Einliegerwohnung f
granny glasses
Granny Smith
n (= apple)Granny Smith m

granny grannie [ˈgrænɪ] n (grannies (pl)) (fam) → nonna, nonnina
granny grannie [ˈgrænɪ] n (grannies (pl)) (fam) → nonna, nonnina

granny
n granny [ˈgrӕni]
a grandmother I have two grannies; Hallo, Granny! ouma جَدَّه баба babička bedstemor die Oma γιαγιά abuelita vanaema مادر بزرگ isoäiti grand-maman, mamie סַבתָא दादी, नानी baka nagyi nenek amma nonna おばあちゃん 조모, 할머니 senelė, bobutė vecmāmiņa nenek oma bestemor babcia avozinha bunicuţă бабушка babička babica baka farmor, mormor ย่า; ยาย nine, büyük anne, babaanne 奶奶,外婆 бабуся دادی ، نانی (thân mật) bà

granny جدة babička bedstemor Omi γιαγιάκα abuelita mummi mamy baka nonna おばあちゃん 할머니 oma bestemor babcia avozinha, vovó бабуля mormor ยาย ย่า nine 奶奶


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You have been such good children that I am going to send you to visit my granny, who lives in a dear little hut in the wood.
They had great-grand-children, and were soon to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage; but they could not exactly recollect the date: and old Granny sat in the tree, and looked as pleased as now.
Johnny, my pretty,' continued old Betty, caressing the child, and rather mourning over it than speaking to it, 'your old Granny Betty is nigher fourscore year than threescore and ten.
 
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