grandfather : Idioms & Phrases

Index

grandfather clause

  • noun an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War
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grandfather clock

  • noun a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case
    longcase clock.
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Grandfather longlegs

  • . (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.
Webster 1913

great grandfather

  • noun a father of your grandparent
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great-grandfather

Great"-grand"fa`ther noun
Etymology
See Great, 10.
Definitions
  1. The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
Webster 1913