grannam

But -- as for thee, thou good-for-naught, thou wicked elf -- aha! would'st dare leave thy poor old grannam weak and 'fenceless?

The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Jeffery Farnol 1915

"Count, grannam, count!" she cried imperiously, "and if't is not enough I've my little _churi_ for the first as dare touch me!"

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

'Well,' said Lady Camper, 'a veteran General of Brigade is as good a crutch as a childless old grannam can have. '

Case of General Ople George Meredith 1868

'Well,' said Lady Camper, 'a veteran General of Brigade is as good a crutch as a childless old grannam can have. '

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

'Well,' said Lady Camper, 'a veteran General of Brigade is as good a crutch as a childless old grannam can have. '

Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

I should have had to hire some old Storling grannam, or retain the tattling keepers of the house.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

I should have had to hire some old Storling grannam, or retain the tattling keepers of the house.

Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

I should have had to hire some old Storling grannam, or retain the tattling keepers of the house.

Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868

When I hear such base, skeldering, coistril propositions come from the counsellors of your grace, and when I remember the Huffs, the Muns, and the Tityretu's by whom your grace's ancestors and predecessors were advised on such occasions, I begin to think the spirit of action is as dead in Alsatia as in my old grannam; and yet who thinks so thinks a lie, since I will find as many roaring boys in the Friars as shall keep the liberties against all the scavengers of Westminster.

The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801

"Think not to leave thy old grannam lone and lorn and helpless -- nor this our fair maid.

The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Jeffery Farnol 1915