granddaddy
Americannoun
plural
granddaddiesEtymology
Origin of granddaddy
Example Sentences
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When you look at the opportunity to bring in 15, 17 years of experience, pedigree, pipeline, timeline, management, all of those things from really the granddaddy system of them all, that is always extremely interesting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025
GameStop, the granddaddy of meme stocks, has soared suddenly and sharply.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024
“By creating a carousel with his famed figures, he in a sense gets to be Disney. Who doesn’t have great memories associated with state fairs, carnivals and the granddaddy of those, Disneyland?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023
If you get lost in the luminous orange peepers of housecats or the baby blues of white tigers, thank the granddaddy of all felines—an ocelotlike creature that lived more than 30 million years ago.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 13, 2023
And there was her granddaddy, sitting by the front door, a Bible in his hand.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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