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Definition of grandad in English: grandad(also granddad) noun ˈɡrandad 1informal One's grandfather. Example sentencesExamples - Every need is catered for from young children to grans and grandads.
- My grandad died when I was two.
- He was great pal of my granddad apparently, so my gran tells me.
- Thirty-five mums, dads, grannies and granddads went back to school last Monday as part of By Brook Valley's Bring Your Family to School Day.
- My brother and I, both under six, clapped our hands together with glee and shouted ‘again, grandad, again!’
- Grandmoms (and granddads too) are indeed great people…
- My favourite picture in the whole house is the one of my grandad with my grandma, of when they were young.
- It is a family pool full of mums, dads, grandmas, granddads and children, it is absolutely marvellous.
- She then carried on to talk about both my granddads and knew that one was alive and one was dead.
- However, being derived from a car designed to be driven by granddads in hats there's no shortage of headroom in the front, while being a four-door saloon it's quite commodious for average size adults in the back too.
- We lived across the street from my grandparents next to my granddad's pig farm.
- And maybe the grandads in the crowd will fill in the details of his illustrious career to the younger generations, so they fully recognise the fabulous contribution this genial Irishman brought to the famous Lancashire football club.
- Aunties and uncles, grandmas and grandads all lived within walking distance and it was true to say that friends and family were one and the same.
- She turned to her grandfather and asked: ‘Which way shall I cut the tomato, granddad?’
- The family motif includes the audience too, with whole coach parties of kids, mums, dads, grannies and grandads visiting the theatre together - surely something of a rarity today.
- Barbara is one of a growing number of grandmas and grandads who attend martial arts sessions in north Manchester in a bid to stay healthy and learn skills to defend themselves if necessary.
- Both granddad and grandson were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and David had also injured his foot after the jump from the top of the house but they had made it.
- His late great grandfather, Tom, was a terrific character, his grandad Tommy is the well known army man and his dad, Tomas, with his distinctive pony tail, is a really charming man also.
- Congratulations to all the proud mothers, fathers, grannies and granddads who have been part of the recent baby boom in the village.
- 1.1 Used as a form of address to an elderly man.
cheer up, grandad, it may never happen Example sentencesExamples - Now it's all about viral communities - get with it, grandad!
2as modifier Denoting a style of shirt or shirt neckline with a collar in the form of a narrow upright band fastened with buttons. Example sentencesExamples - We used to dance to this in our best 80's clobber - blue deck shoes, baggy three quarter lengths, striped grandad shirts and short suede jackets.
- I was dressed in a black, double button granddad shirt which had this cowboy feel about it, with my black jeans on and a dark multicoloured waistcoat I looked the part.
- Shirts are slightly different with long tail backs or grandad collars.
- Dressed in his customary jeans, waistcoat and granddad shirt, he had everyone clapping and singing to Hold Me Close.
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