granddaddy

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The spectacle, billed as “The Granddaddy of ’em All,” has been a tradition here since 1949.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

The players have already participated in a hometown parade thrown by El Segundo, but the Rose Parade is, as the Rose Bowl Game is called, “The Granddaddy of Them All.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2023

Granddaddy Charles was born to Reak Henry Green and Parthenia Smith Green, my great-grandparents, in 1922.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2023

The 109th edition of the Granddaddy of Them All is the last that’s guaranteed to feature the game’s time-honored pairing of Pac-12 and Big Ten teams.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2023

Harry didn’t so much worry me, but what if the younger brothers discovered that Granddaddy was a trove of weird and fascinating facts about Indian fighting, the larger carnivores, hot-air ballooning?

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly