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granny
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granny, grannie
1. Engineering a revolving cap on a chimneypot that keeps out rain, etc.
2. Southern US a midwife or nurse

Granny
cantankerous matriarch of the Clampett family. [TV: “The Beverly Hillbillies” in Terrace, I, 93–94]


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Members of the Metropolitan Area Raging Grannies and PeaceAction Montgomery County went to the Silver Spring Armed Forces recruiting center and tried to enlist on Valentine's Day.
Graeme Malcolm's own performance--more storytelling than narration--is flawlessly paced as he conjures up liquid-tongued lawyers, officious judges, elderly grannies, highly strung blackbirds, and quarrelsome chaffinches.
College sports also are for the Grannies, for devoted fans of all ages.
 
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