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grannies

British  
/ ˈɡrænɪz /

plural noun

  1. informal Granny Smith apples

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In both “Mare of Easttown” and “Happy Valley,” Kate Winslet and Sarah Lancashire play police officers who are also grannies; that role affects but does not define them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The treated mice were known as "supermodel grannies" in the lab because of their youthful appearance.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

Squibb has played plenty of cackling grannies; even so, Ms. Sturak is her most unhinged.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

The Duchess of York was recently saying, "I can picture us being grannies together."

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023

Accustomed to nestling with a bedful of siblings and grannies, they fitted their privacy tighter rather than claim the haunted room as human territory.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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