granny
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She added: "I know I would have made a bloody good granny."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"My granny used to run the shop. I've no involvement now - my relations run it. I had to get an ice cream on the last day," she said.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Her look evolves from a worn-out cog to a biker-like granny who’d seem natural riding on the back of Dennis Hopper’s hog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Her boss knows she travels a lot, often as the granny on call.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
“She's moved into our granny flat, just across the way. You know her, do you?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
"Being around children keeps you young. Happy kids, happy mums, happy grannies!"
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
But Ben and his little brother were doted upon by all their adopted grannies and grandpas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
The Duchess of York was recently saying, "I can picture us being grannies together."
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023
On occasion, the grannies do more than help out at bus stations.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
The grannies would talk about what was happening in their lives.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Even in the granniest of granny gears, it’s impossible for me to pedal smoothly up pitches with grades approaching, and sometimes exceeding, 13 percent.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022
