grannyish
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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All the severity had faded from the old people's faces; they could not have looked more delightfully "grannyish" if they had tried.
From Queensland Cousins by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
The children knew Bob Cochrane's grandfather and grandmother—a very comfortable, homely old pair of the typical "grannyish" type, rather bent, rather deaf, and always referred to as "the old people."
From Queensland Cousins by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
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