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Definition of Grandmamas
1. grandmama [n] - See also: grandmama
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandmamas
Literary usage of Grandmamas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of New England, Or, Memories of the Country by Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge (1842)
"... and report their doings at the weekly meeting of the Moral Reform Auxiliary;
and grandmamas in breeches amuse grandmamas in petticoats, with the naughty ..."
2. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"... and grandmamas, uncles and aunts," etc., gave a great sigh, and said: "O mama
dear, I do wish these people would pray for themselves, for I am so tired ..."
3. The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778: With a Selection from Her by Fanny Burney (1889)
"One begins thus: " I write to my dear Fanny to tell her grandmamas, to tell her
aunts, to tell her uncles, to tell her cousins, to tell all friends, ..."
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