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grandpoppa

grandpoppa noun: grandfather.

Noun

grandpoppa (plural grandpoppas)

  1. (US, colloquial) Grandfather.
    • The gallery about any nursery window is probably the proudest assemblage to be found anywhere. Poppas, grandpoppas, grandmammas, sisters, brothers, pizons and gumbods. We used to delight in our anonymity and enjoy their comments on our daughter.1952, Marie Killilea, Karen, Dell Publishing, published 1960, page 17
    • No sooner do we walk in the door, than here come the kids, the mommas, the poppas, the grandmommas and the grandpoppas, all holding these little autograph books.1962 July 9, Huston Horn, “Baseball’s Babbling Brook”, in Sports Illustrated, page 63

Forms of grandpoppa

pluralgrandpoppas

Questions about grandpoppa

What does grandpoppa mean?
Grandpoppa means grandfather.
What part of speech is grandpoppa?
Grandpoppa is a noun.
What is the plural of grandpoppa?
The plural of grandpoppa is grandpoppas.

Words near grandpoppa in the dictionary

  1. grandpaw
  2. grandpaws
  3. grandpie
  4. grandpies
  5. grandpop
  6. grandpoppa
  7. grandpoppas
  8. grandpops
  9. grandpy
  10. grandreefite
  11. grandrelation

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