granpy

See also: gran'py

English

Etymology

From granpa +‎ -y.

Noun

granpy (plural granpies)

  1. Alternative form of grampy.
    • 1887 September 8, Henry Austin Bruce, G.C.B., Lord Aberdare of Duffryn, “To his Daughter Rachel”, in Letters of the Rt. Hon. Henry Austin Bruce [], volume II, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Horace Hart, printer to the University, published 1902, →OCLC, “Later Life, 1874-1895” section, “Letters” subsection, page 234:
      Your mother says that ‘the twins are delightful with all the children.’ Alas! why are they not delightful with their granpy, who yearns for them?
    • 1943, “Justus, May Lizzie Whitman 9-11”, in Library Lens, volumes 1–3, Denver, Colo.: Colorado State Library, →OCLC, page 13:
      It's a story of close friendship between a city girl and a plucky little hillbilly who keeps house for her granpy.
    • 1993, Mark Lawson, “Losing the Baggage – Canada”, in The Battle for Room Service: Journeys to All the Safe Places, London: Picador, →ISBN, part 2 (North America), page 173:
      We got through the Are-you-English?-really?-oh-London’s-great-my-granpy’s-Scottish stuff.
    • 2003, Marlinda Angbetic Tan, Gathering Warmth (Ubod New Authors Series), Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, →ISBN, page 6:
      Now that I am a parent myself, I hope that I have managed to instill the same values that Papa gave me, especially since my sons are impoverished by not having the granpy they should have had in their formative years. My heart gives a painful twitch everytime[sic] my younger son claims that he still remembers his granpy and how Papa used to dance and sing him to sleep.