Lexicographical Neighbors of Granddam
Literary usage of Granddam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Rice (1879)
"... out of Rosalind, by Phenomenon, son of King Herod (winner of the St. Leger in
1783), granddam Atalanta, by Matchem; great-granddam Lass of the Mill, ..."
2. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1857)
"In all nominations of horses which have not started before the time of naming,
the sire, dam, and granddam must be mentioned if known, ..."
3. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1846)
"And he said, " Yes, granddam : and then that great black devil shan't get at ...
That I will, granddam—" " Then there's a brave boy : and here's a picture ..."
4. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1861)
"BARBARA ELLEN, grey marc, 6 years old, 15 hands 3J inches high, np to 14 stone,
very handsome, by Polish, dam by Freny, granddam by Economist. ..."
5. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1857)
"If the dam or granddam is not known, the sire of the horse, &e., must be mentioned,
together with such other particulars as will be sufficient to identify ..."
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