Example Sentences

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And I tell young people to go home and hug their grandma and grandpap.

From Time Magazine Archive

“My mama cuts all our hair. My daddy and my grandpap and me. She cuts it all the same.”

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

It was also reported that Alfred's Uncle Thomas, the minister, Uncle Ned, Uncle Will, grandpap, and all of Alfred's relatives who had opposed his show ambitions previously, sanctioned his going with Professor Palmer's Panorama.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

My grandpap made de mouldboards out of wood.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration

I'm goin' to run things to suit myself, an' if you an' your grandpap an' your brother don't like my style you can pull your freight, pronto.

From The Boss of the Lazy Y by Seltzer, Charles Alden