granddaddy
/ˈɡrændˌdædi/
noun
- One's grandfather; the father of one's parent.
- My granddaddy always let me help him in the garden.
- Granddaddy used to tell us bedtime stories about his childhood farm.
- She called her granddaddy to wish him a happy birthday.
- The earliest or most important example of something; the original or biggest of its kind.
- This 1959 recording is considered the granddaddy of modern rock and roll.
- That old oak tree is the granddaddy of all the trees in the park.
- The company is the granddaddy of the tech industry, founded over a century ago.
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