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4 total sentences available.
In fact, Angela Lansbury’s bawdy, chattering, equivocal Granny—a super opportunity glintily grasped—is as likely to entertain young Rosaleen with such coarsenesses as ‘. . . and she found another husband not too shy to piss into a pot’ as to scare her with warnings about men whose eyebrows meet: you feel there is more to this gabby old woman than her granniness, especially when she herself encounters a fate out of the played-up Little Red Riding Hood theme.
Source: wiktionary
What do grannies do? Well, they help around the house, do some cooking, love to be with kids, keep a house neat as a pin, lend moral support, plant-sit, pet-sit, handle food shopping, tell stories, and a whole lot more. If you’re a closet granny, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to earn extra money while getting all of your granny jollies. Market your granniness with classified ads, signs on bulletin boards, and a free publicity story.
Source: wiktionary
She doesn’t look like grannies look / Or act like grannies act. / She’s got no trace of granniness / And that’s a fact. / Most other people’s grannies / Are silver-haired and small, / My granny is a skin’ead / And she’s six feet tall.
Source: wiktionary
“See that elderly lady there, the one who is trying her best to look like somebody’s innocent Scottish granny?” He nodded solemnly. “If I were you, I would have her taken off and strip searched. For one thing, she’s carrying the unabridged Oxford Dictionary and some awfully dangerous looking knitting needles.” He glanced again at the Queen Mum and smiled; she smiled back at him, the very picture of Glaswegan granniness.
Source: wiktionary
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