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Quotation dates: 1834, 1893-1898
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GRAND-DADDY, n. Also gran'daddy. A grandfather. = Grandda n.Ags. 1834 A. Smart Rhymes 162:
When our grand-daddies ower the braes . . . Ran breekless as the stirks that graze.Uls. 1893 J. Barlow Bog-land Studies 92:
For if gran'daddy sted on asleep, he'd be wantin' no supper that night.Kcb. 1898 Crockett Standard Bearer 120:
The grand-daddy o' me was then a limber loon.
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