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Definition of Grownups
1. grownup [n] - See also: grownup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grownups
Literary usage of Grownups
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mani & Pitouee: The True Legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes by Paul H. Sutherland (2005)
"... The grownups gathered in their circles to talk about how they would keep their
woodlands and waters clean while all the animal kids headed to the beach. ..."
2. My Reminiscences by Raphael Pumpelly (1918)
"Then we took them in one after another as a gamble on the chance of seeing
something worth while, or of seeing how little was really needed to gull grownups ..."
3. Bucks County & the Delaware River Valley Alive by Shari Mycek (2002)
"grownups As the name implies, this store is for grownups only, and is definitely
a New Hope experience. I went with a friend and came out red-faced and ..."
4. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"They 'd thought that there 'd be a crowd, all rooting for Bliss, with the grownups
going inside and telling the school board that free speech was free ..."
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