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1569 Will T. Casson in Publ. Thoresby Soc. (1891) 1 67 To my graunde childe, Elizabeth Calbecke, 10s.

?1573 H. Cheke tr. F. Negri Freewyl v. v. 204 The daughters daughter, (whiche are both conteyned vnder this name Neece or grandchild [It. Abiatico]).

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 311 Zoroastres..(as is written of him) was Noes graundchilde [Fr. petit fils].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 24 And in her hand The Grandchilde to her blood. View more context for this quotation

1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 80 Edward, Lord Russell, grand-childe to Francis, Earle of Bedford.

a1714 E. Freke Remembrances (2001) 83 Nor did she permitt his surviving grandchild to see him.

1753 Scots Mag. Mar. 158/1 He has left 113 children, grandchildren, and great-grand-children.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. iv. 35 She was sure she should like the grandchild of her dear Mrs. Leslie.

1892 Times 10 Aug. 14/2 She..died intestate at Beyrout, leaving..seven grandchildren by a predeceased daughter.

1937 M. Levin Old Bunch iv. iii. 744 Sell the store right away, go live with your girl, play with your grandchildren, and take it easy in your old age.

1954 ‘M. Coles’ Not for Export xii. 142 The attempt..to divide Berlin must be one of the silliest efforts in history. Our grandchildren will laugh themselves sick when they read about it.

2012 Independent 31 Oct. 18/3 I have two kind, gentle and intellectually curious grandchildren... They are unfailingly polite and considerate.

1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 76 'Twas a beginning..Fit for a Grand-Child of the Deity.

1810 W. Scott Let. 18 Dec. (1932) II. 411 Though I have three theatrical grandchildren as I may call them, I have seen none of them.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xvii. 339 The high-priest was the Mikado, who was a Kami (a god), and called ‘the Heavenly Grandchild’, his heir being ‘august child of the sun’, and his residence ‘the august house of the sun’.

2007 C. A. Nalepa in W. J. Bell et al. Cockroaches p. xi The present volume was conceived as a grandchild of the Roth and Willis book, and relies heavily on the information contained in its progenitor.

1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 258 The gradual mastery which his daughter-in-law achieved over him, the only permanent obstacle to which was his being grandchildless.

1977 J. Cohen Reproduction viii. 147 The eggs of grandchildless females make perfectly ordinary-looking offspring.

2010 P. Uhlenberg & M. Cheuk in D. Dannefer & C. Phillipson SAGE Handbk. Social Gerontol. xxxiv. 449/1 The proportion with more than two sets of grandchildren will decline to a historic low of only 20 per cent and the number who will be grandchildless will increase significantly.