grandpie

From grandpa +‎ -ie.

grandpie (plural grandpies)

1. Alternative form of grampy.
   • 1907 January 26, Leslie Covert, “Gullsegg: A Story of a Bay of Fundy Boy”, in George Harvey, editor, Harper’s Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 135, column 3:

     “Only, marmie, I didn’t mind hevin’ them black curls git in my eyes—much—not none—but I had a doctor-snake a-sleepin’ in my pocket, an’ I wuz scared the pressin’ ’ud wake him an’ he ’ud slide out, an’”—in a burst of words—“an’ she never ’ud go for to do it no more. But don’t yu’ tell grandpie!”

   • 1954 May 21, “In Memoriam”, in The Glamorgan Gazette […], number 5878, Bridgend, →OCLC, “Births, Marriages & Deaths” section, page 6, column 2:

     Cherished memories of dear little Mary, died May 22, 1953.—Ever remembered by her Grandpie.

   • 2019 November 24, McCullough Funeral Home, “Michael ‘Mikey’ Patrick Beaumarchais, Jr.”, in The Telegraph, volume 193, number 328, Macon, Ga., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Obituaries” section, page 5C, column 2:

     Mikey was also blessed to be a grandpie to Thomas Bickford and Zoey Bickford who always lovingly called him “The mayor of candy land”.

   • 2024, Sarah Asermily, “A Blue Bird Day”, in Amy Newmark, editor, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles, Angels & Messages from Heaven, Cos Cob, Conn.: Chicken Soup for the Soul, →ISBN, part 2 (Comfort from Beyond), page 69:

     My in-laws had a hammock that my older son adored. He’d lie in it with his “Grandpie”—swinging back and forth, watching the sun glint through the tree’s leaves above, singing made-up songs.