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grandpapa|ˈgrændpəpɑː, ˈgrænpəpɑː|
[See grand a. 12 b and papa.]
a. A colloquial substitute for grandfather. Also grandpa.
1753Scots Mag. Apr. 188/1 There is my grandpappa. 1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Knights iv. i, Don't you see 'tis empty, Dear grand-papa? 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 194 They..call him grandpapa's master.
b. grandpapa dance. (Cf. grandfather 4.)
1898O. Browning Peter Gt. vi. 52 The ‘Grandpapa’ dance of which Peter was particularly fond.
Also ˈgrandpappy, ˈgrandpop (pappy n.1, pop n.6).
1890Texas Siftings 22 Nov. 10/1 ‘Grandpop,’ said he, ‘did you know that there was flying fish?’ 1919Dialect Notes V. 39 Gran'-pappy. 1931H. Crane Let. 10 Jan. (1965) 363 Spinoza (Einstein's grandpop) furnishes plenty of discipline. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xiii. 107 Grandpop betrayed them, and at daybreak the police attacked. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling x. 92 Now Grandpappy, I kin see you settin' there on your stoop. 1946M. Lowry Let. 26 Dec. (1967) 134 Just like the old days of my grandpappy. 1948D. Ballantyne Cunninghams (1963) i. xviii. 96 ‘You don't say, grandpop,’ Joy said. 1953‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow iv. 51 Have a glass of port, won't you? It's rather delish. Grand-pop laid it down. 1959[see break n.1 8 k]. |