grandpappy

Example Sentences

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I’m thinking specifically about that grandpappy of all chef-driven hamburgers, the DB Burger, which French mastermind Daniel Boulud unleashed in the early 2000s.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2018

What began as a whimsical indulgence some 90 years ago at Glyndebourne, the grandpappy of all English summer opera festivals, has turned into a season that now counts more than a dozen such events.

From New York Times • May 24, 2016

Fla. -- Florida's first course, laid out by the grandpappy of Florida golf, J. Hamilton Gillespie.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 13, 2010

Ebensburg, Pa. Sir: You forgot one small detail�that the Joshua Liebman opus, Peace of Mind, was the grandpappy of them all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pa told me my grandpappy said the devil himself couldn’t knock this one over.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney