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GRANDBAIRN, n. Also gran-bairn. A grandchild (Sh.10 1955).Ayr. 1882 J. Hyslop Dream of a Masque 136:
An' may gran-bairns sab "Sirs, the auld man' wun awa."Ags. 1899 W. L. Watson Sir Sergeant v.:
An' yet ye'll have Whigs for grandbairns.wm.Sc. 1989 Anna Blair The Goose Girl of Eriska 74:
Time and again Rob escaped them and lived to tell his grandbairns of the most savoury of such episodes. Sc. 1994 Sunday Mail 9 Jan 8:
"I was in there with my nine grandbairns and my daughters." Sc. 1997 Daily Record 26 Apr 9:
"My grandbairn was in the shower when it happened and she got an awful fright." Sc. 1999 Edinburgh Evening News 11 Aug 1:
I went to get a cigarette and then two kids were shouting: 'Kate your grandbairns are under a lorry'.
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