variants
or grannie
plural grannies
1
b
: a fussy person
2
chiefly Southern US and south Midland US
: midwife
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The correct weak-to-strong ranking is grief, thief, granny and reef (D, A, C, B).
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
On Matlock, Bates is playing a woman who takes advantage of everyone underestimating her as a non-threatening granny type.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
Often, not a soul even knew your granny had a little help from Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Sara McDaniel, the owner of Simply Southern Cottage, is fortunate to have both her great grandmother’s pie safe and her granny’s dishes in her possession.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
On Matlock, Bates is playing a woman who takes advantage of everyone underestimating her as a non-threatening granny type.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
Often, not a soul even knew your granny had a little help from Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
Sara McDaniel, the owner of Simply Southern Cottage, is fortunate to have both her great grandmother’s pie safe and her granny’s dishes in her possession.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for granny
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“Granny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granny. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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granny
noun
gran·ny
variants
or grannie
plural grannies
2
: an ankle-length dress usually with long sleeves and a high waist
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