noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a grandfather clock (= an old-style tall clock that stands on the floor )
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Where did you get that beautiful grandfather clock?
grandfather clock
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Stephen Court well remembers the mill, being first run by his great grandfather and later, his grandfather, Frederick Beard.
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It goes back and forth to when her great grandfather was killed in World War I and how that affected her family.
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His grandfather and great grandfather served in the Glosters too.
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It is interesting to note that Lawrence's great grandfather , O.T.
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In the summer dawn he ran in the hollow ways where his great grandfather had humped the sacks of corn.
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His grandfather and great grandfather had both been long serving District Masters and his father had been an Ulster Volunteer.
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My great grandfather lost a fortune because he was fascinated by a subject for which he had absolutely no talent - finance.
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He said he had a friend who had a great interest in grandfather clocks.
maternal
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We are to christen this child Pilade, being the name of Ferdinando's maternal grandfather whom he wishes to honour.
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He inherited the honorary title from his maternal grandfather , William Harold Pearson.
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Her background was middle-class, cultured, my maternal grandfather being a rabbi.
old
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Yes, he was a wonderful carpenter ... Good old man our grandfather was.
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Even the newest jazz players still rely on a catalog of tunes older than their grandfathers .
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Just like that old grandfather clock the memories of those precious moments last for ever.
paternal
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But suppose the paternal grandfather were dead when the eldest grandson was born?
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She has worked particularly hard on her relationship with her paternal grandfather .
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His paternal grandfather farmed Craigie Mains, Symington and had a considerable reputation as a breeder of Ayrshire cattle.
■ NOUN
clock
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The solemnly ticking grandfather clock by the door said two minutes to the half hour when Charles heard the Bishop approaching.
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She'd heard the grandfather clock down in the hall chime every quarter-hour until three o'clock.
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The room was silent, apart from the hollow and remorseless tick of a grandfather clock in the corner.
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No one in the hall except the grandfather clock I'd seen floating in my dream; no one came out of the sitting room.
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As he moved the beam, the shadow of the grandfather clock in the hall twisted and grew across the ceiling.
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The muffled tick of the grandfather clock echoed in one corner.
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The grandfather clock in an oak case is one of seven clocks and two barometers in the house.
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Clock stolen: A grandfather clock worth £1,000 was stolen from a house at Kepwick, near Thirsk.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
maternal grandfather/aunt etc
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He inherited the honorary title from his maternal grandfather, William Harold Pearson.
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Her background was middle-class, cultured, my maternal grandfather being a rabbi.
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We are to christen this child Pilade, being the name of Ferdinando's maternal grandfather whom he wishes to honour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the men he knows are fathers or grandfathers and it is in that capacity that he knows them.
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And grandfather caught a bus up to Ipswich market where my father was, and they drove home.
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Another man kills his grandfather for five dollars.
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His grandfather enjoyed a gamble - the trick all along was to keep on increasing the size of the farm.
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Leslie and his grandfather collected Sam and carried him to Lovettsville.
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She was excited to see her grandfather and uncle, running to hold up her face for a kiss.
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Through his stories about his grandfather , he had long ago learned to survive by his wits.