grandaddy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gran·dad·dy, granddaddy /ˈɡrændædi/ noun (plural grandaddies) [countable] American English informal 1. SSFFAMILYgrandfather 爷爷；外公2 the grandaddy of something informal BESTthe first or greatest example of something …的鼻祖，…的最杰出典范 Louis Armstrong, the grandaddy of all jazz trumpeters 爵士音乐号手的祖师爷路易斯·阿姆斯特朗
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grandaddy• His grandaddy used to work for three dollars a day.• Plenty of booze and chow round out the celebration, considered the grandaddy of July Fourth blasts.gran·dad·dy nounChineseSyllable
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grandaddy
gran‧dad‧dy
, granddaddy /ˈɡrændædi/ noun (plural grandaddies) [countable] American English informal
1. grandfather
2. the grandaddy of something the first or greatest example of something:
Louis Armstrong, the grandaddy of all jazz trumpeters
gran‧dad‧dy
, granddaddy /ˈɡrændædi/ noun (plural grandaddies) [countable] American English informal1. grandfather
2. the grandaddy of something the first or greatest example of something: