Definition of grandma
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If a typical Parisian floral fragrance your fancy grandma might wear is a grand wool coat, this scent feels like warmed silk on the flesh.
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Little Izzadora Millaway, who lives in the house with her mom and dad and two siblings, had slipped away from her grandma’s care upstairs and had gone down to the basement to look for her parents.
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Memories and reminders are everywhere, like nick-nacks in a great-grandma’s parlor.
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And, as of today, another grandma is joining the ranks of the finest old lady tea sippers and spillers everywhere with a savage review of her grandson left on a supermarket's comment card.
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Exfoliating with baking soda Every grandma has a box of baking soda stashed in the back of her fridge to combat weird odors like onions and garlic.
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Beverly Grove, $$$ Gino Angelini grew up on his grandma’s green lasagna in a village outside the Adriatic resort city of Rimini and came to L.A. to help Mauro Vincenti with Rex in the mid-’90s.
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But grandmas, no matter how loving or non-threatening, are still out.
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Migrants must wave goodbye to familiar people, familiar customs and grandma’s cooking.
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First Known Use of grandma
1772
GRANDMA Defined for Kids
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grand·ma
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ˈgra-ˌmȯ
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ˈgra-ˌmä
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ˈgran-ˌmȯ
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Definition of grandma for Students
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