grandpappy
Example Sentences
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But now and again the medical examiner will go beyond the job description to become the investigator — your Dr. Maura Isles, your Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, and the grandpappy of them all, Jack Klugman’s “Quincy, M.E.” — leaving credential cops in the dust.
From Los Angeles Times
My grandpappy built it with his own two hands.
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Pa told me my grandpappy said the devil himself couldn’t knock this one over.
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They did it to Grandpappy late one night, and he was madder than anything.
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It was a two-seater with a window, so if there was mischief, Grandpappy could look out and see who the culprits were.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.