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Synonyms for grandma

the mother of your father or mother

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That's what she said when I asked her how come she didn't mind Grandmama's old blues records."
Nick Kroll will breathe life to Uncle Fester, while Bette Midler will voice Grandmama. The Addams' arch nemesis will be voiced by Academy Award winner Allison Janney.
Shout out to my mama, shout out to my grandmama, shout out my auntie B, my homies Blaire and Krysta and Kamia and Jamila and Britteney and Thiahera and Kelsey and Gethsemane and Cydney and Morgan and Angel n nem, shout out Black women writers, shout out Patricia Smith, shout out black girls in general.
"Grandmama's" interest in the marriages of her children and grandchildren goes far beyond a doting mother's dedication to her family: Matchmaking had the power to make and break empires--if only those being matched would do as they were told.
Maria Blake was never far from a cauldron brewing up magic potions - or strange recipes - as Grandmama Addams in 1960s TV series The Addams Family while Angela Lansbury saved the day as apprentice witch Miss Price in 1971 movie Bedknobs And Broomsticks.
In the cartoons the family members were not given names but when the characters were adapted for a hit television series they became parents Gomez and Morticia, children Pugsley and Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Grandmama, Cousin Itt, butler Lurch and Thing - a disembodied hand.
The job in Oxford allowed me to take care of Grandmama the way she deserved to be taken care of.
That's what I'm saying, like, did he go through my grandmama's family picture album?
Hey, Kirstie's got the solution - get a yard of plush velevet and simply use that antique Singer sewing machine that once belonged to grandmama to make your own gigantic stocking, then stuff it full of high-end prezzies and hang it over your medieval inglenook fireplace.
Sule's Sterile Sky (2012) makes explicit in a grandmama's conversation with her grandson what is implicit in Thing Fall Apart.
"The Hula-Hoopin' Queen" is a delight to read, showcasing active girls who compete for hula-hoopin' championships in a city neighborhood where everyone who is anyone attends the birthday party of Miz Adeline, who is like a Grandmama to Kameeka, the 139th St.
Her mummy's farewell 'Be gentle with Grandmama and don't break anything!' hints that Very Little Red is not going to be fazed by any wolf she might encounter.
Look George, grandmama has got you some Duplo and the Dukedoms of Cumberland and Teviotdale