granny

noun

gran·ny ˈgra-nē

variants or grannie

plural grannies

: grandmother sense 1

: a fussy person

chiefly Southern US and south Midland US : midwife

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The TikTok community is digging the fun hack and the garden granny herself. —

Kaitlin Kemp, House Beautiful, 31 Mar. 2023 It’s been a decade since that infamous liberal ad showing then vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan pushing granny off a cliff. —

Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 This quasi-autobiographical comedy/drama, by one of the most popular and prolific playwrights of the 20th century, is set in 1940s New York, covering three generations of a Jewish-American family who live in the same building as the granny’s candy store. —

Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 10 June 2021 Chintz’s current ubiquity has been building for the last few years, thanks in great part to its placement smack dab in the middle of two recent design trends: granny chic (aka grandmillennial) and biophilia. —

Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023 Drop the beat, granny! —

Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022 Stayed at people’s granny’s houses. —

Max Bell, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022 Her blog swelled with a distinctive aesthetic, delineated by the radical DIY of ‘90s riot grrrl, the hazy girlhood of Sofia Coppola films and backyard outfit photos in tulle skirts and granny sweaters. —

Sophie Lou Wilson, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2023 Mary shares her grandmother’s rebel spirit and love of cooking and is bravely dealing with the fact that her granny’s days are drawing to a close. —

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023 See More

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