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grauntie

grauntie noun: a great-aunt.

Noun

grauntie (plural graunties)

  1. (childish, slang) A great-aunt.
    • "Graunty! what a funny name!"
      "Well, you know, she is papa's aunty, and, of course, our great-aunty, so we say Graunty for short."1870, Horace Elisha Scudder, The Riverside Magazine for Young People, page 419
    • Grauntie's snores filled the whole space.2017 June 27, Lisa Ann Scott, Back on the Map, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Forms of grauntie

pluralgraunties
alternative formgraunty

Origin of grauntie

Blend of great- + auntie.

Questions about grauntie

What does grauntie mean?
Grauntie means a great-aunt.
What part of speech is grauntie?
Grauntie is a noun.
What is the plural of grauntie?
The plural of grauntie is graunties.

Words near grauntie in the dictionary

  1. Grauniad
  2. graunt
  3. graunted
  4. grauntest
  5. graunteth
  6. grauntie
  7. graunties
  8. graunting
  9. graunts
  10. graunty
  11. graupel

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