grandmumma

English

Noun

grandmumma (plural grandmummas)

  1. (colloquial) Grandmother.
    • 1983, Betty Jane Morison, Port and a Star Boarder: A Little Maine Murder, Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 93:
      Besides, my grandmumma always said that you come out the wuss whenever you get into a pee’n contest with a skunk.
    • 2004, Anthony C. Winkler, The Annihilation of Fish and Other Stories, Macmillan Caribbean, →ISBN, page 132:
      Suddenly, from the crumpled body erupted a loud moan followed by childlike howls of “Grandmumma! Grandmumma! Grandmumma!”
    • 2017, Lisa Lister, Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic., Hay House, →ISBN, page 41:
      Every culture has its own folklore, magic and mystical practices. If you’re not sure of yours, talk to your family, trace your family heritage and ask questions of your aunties and grandmummas.
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