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How to pronounce granny in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms granny knot
Type of flat knot, reef knot
Type Words
Synonyms gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, nan, nanna
Type of grandparent
Has types nan
Type Words
Type of old woman

Examples of granny

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She's a tough loner, and she's nobody's granny, although she is somebody's wife.
From the nytimes.com
Everyone knows the gag that if you run down an old granny you score 2000 points.
From the independent.co.uk
If it were your granny ill in hospital, you might be happy to know she's eating.
From the guardian.co.uk
We've had flight passenger tax and inheritance tax and granny tax and pasty tax.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
I grew up an only child with my elderly granny and my father Harry in Birmingham.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Maybe Kate can talk her out of her frenzy because Aaron is safe home with granny.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
After a few rides, Ms. Stevens realized she wasn't going to need the granny gear.
From the online.wsj.com
Granny, you will be living in a nicer home, with 10,000 others from your country.
From the economist.com
It was left, then, to granny to educate us in the ways of the bucket and spade.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Grandma: the mother of your father or mother
  • An old woman
  • Granny knot: a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
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