grampers

English

Etymology

gramp +‎ -ers

Noun

grampers

  1. (informal) Grandfather.
    • 2014 March 11, Sylvia Whitman, The Milk of Birds, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 124:
      My granny and grampers did it that way. Granny was a nurse, and Grampers started out a roofer; one day he sliced his foot on some metal flashing, and she gave him the tetanus shot. “Been a pain in my you-know-what ever since,” Grampers […]
    • 2016 May 5, Andrew Prentice, Jonathan Weil, Black Arts, David Fickling Books, →ISBN:
      He was my grampers, and I say who pays.' She tilted her head back a fraction. No one would have known that she had come here this morning a traitor and an exile. She had forgotten it herself. In that moment she wasn't even acting; […]
    • 2022 June 15, Richard Patterson, The Rest of Me, iUniverse, →ISBN:
      It was a grace of God, allowing each family member time to adjust to the reality that Grampers was no more. During those times, God showed up in a big way, strengthening faith and preparing hearts to bid him farewell.

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Noun

grampers

  1. plural of gramper
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