grandaddy
/ˈɡrændædi/
noun
- A casual or affectionate word for grandfather.
- I learned to whistle from my grandaddy.
- My grandaddy used to take me to the park every Saturday.
- Grandaddy always has a piece of candy in his pocket for us.
- The oldest, largest, or most important example of something; the original or greatest of its kind.
- This book is considered the grandaddy of modern science fiction.
- That old oak tree is the grandaddy of all the trees in the park.
- The grandaddy of all roller coasters was built over a hundred years ago.
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