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gramp

1898, colloquial or dialectal shortening of grandpa.

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grandpa (n.)
1814, shortening of grandpappa (1753), childish or familiar form of grandfather (see grand- + pa). Grandpappa is recorded from 1753, grandpop from 1860, grandpappy from 1853.

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