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granddad

[gran-dad] / ˈgrænˌdæd /


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“The way we are farming has gone back to how my granddad would have done it,” Bubb said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

“My dad doesn’t understand it at all, but my granddad who’s not here anymore, he would have understood,” Bubb said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

"It is really good to go back to Longford and Leitrim, go back to where our granddad went to school, where our nan grew up, it was very special."

From BBC May 28, 2026

And in fulfilling a dream they both had, the music-loving granddad has returned from Tinseltown a star in his own right.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

In the Second World War this same Oxo tin went to Singapore and back with my granddad.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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