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Nearby words
grandee, grandeur, grandfather, grandfather clause, grandfather clock, grandfather's chair, grandfather's clock, grandfatherly, grandgent, grandiflora, grandiloquence
Origin of grandfather's chair
First recorded in 1890–95
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