Grandmammy

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Grandmother. informal
  2. 2
    Synonym of granddaddy (“something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind”). informal

    "[…] and his orchestra as enchanting to dance to as it is, even if all this wasn't so superb, you'd want to go just to hear and see that grandmammy of all blues-singers who can still out-blue all of the younger ones, none other than Sophie Tucker."

Synonyms

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granddaddygrandmothergrannymother of all

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"[…] and his orchestra as enchanting to dance to as it is, even if all this wasn't so superb, you'd want to go just to hear and see that grandmammy of all blues-singers who can still out-blue all of the younger ones, none other than Sophie Tucker."

Etymology

From grand- + mammy.

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