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n. (context US dialect English) grandfather
Usage examples of "grandpaw".
But if guest had not eaten, dinner would be served—concession to guest, not to me, as with exception of Grandpaw we ate when was on table or scrounged standing up in pantry.
But Greg had been farm manager ever since Grandpaw retired, new responsibility worried Hans.
Mom fussed over him, Hans showed him hydroponic farming and Stu got dirty and sweaty and sloshed around in tunnels with our boys—helped harvest our Chinee fishponds—got stung by our bees—learned to handle a p-suit and went up with me to make adjustments on solar battery—helped Anna butcher a hog and learned about tanning leather—sat with Grandpaw and was respectful to his naive notions about Terra—washed dishes with Milla, something no male in our family ever did—rolled on floor with babies and puppies—learned to grind flour and swapped recipes with Mum.
When I get to be senior husband, if live that long, am going to do exactly what Grandpaw does with Mum: Let Sidris run it.
Brides are at their prettiest and Wyoh was radiant—and rest of us looked handsome and happy, with Grandpaw tall and proud and not showing failing faculties.
She was p-suited and had roused Grandpaw and suited him in—first time in years.
But if guest had not eaten, dinner would be served--concession to guest, not to me, as with exception of Grandpaw we ate when was on table or scrounged standing up in pantry.
Mom fussed over him, Hans showed him hydroponic farming and Stu got dirty and sweaty and sloshed around in tunnels with our boys--helped harvest our Chinee fishponds--got stung by our bees--learned to handle a p-suit and went up with me to make adjustments on solar battery--helped Anna butcher a hog and learned about tanning leather--sat with Grandpaw and was respectful to his naive notions about Terra--washed dishes with Milla, something no male in our family ever did--rolled on floor with babies and puppies--learned to grind flour and swapped recipes with Mum.
Brides are at their prettiest and Wyoh was radiant--and rest of us looked handsome and happy, with Grandpaw tall and proud and not showing failing faculties.
She was p-suited and had roused Grandpaw and suited him in--first time in years.
So, seeing as how Grandpaw told us to lay low, we waited till the eight Tarbell boys busted down the door, and then we all went invisible, including the baby.
It was all right when you amused yourself by praising some horrible abortion of Grandpaw Holcombe's or panning the pants off your own father and that pretty butcher's-calendar boy that he's got himself for a partner.