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granny definition

granny or grannie gran′·nie (gran′ē)

noun pl. grannies -·nies

  1. a grandmother
  2. an old woman
  3. any fussy, exacting person
  4. ☆ South a midwife

adjective

of a style like that formerly worn by many elderly women [granny nightgown]; specif., designating eyeglasses (granny glasses) with small, often oval, lenses and thin, wirelike metal frames

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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