gramma

plural grammas

1. colloquialA grandmother.

   Go on, there, driver, gramma is going.

   1901, Karl Groos, James Mark Baldwin, The Play of Man, page 138

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   My gramma—all her hair is white Like snow is, but it isn't cold.

   1910 January, W.D.N., “The Dinner at Grampa's”, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 120, number 716, page 321

   Polly trotted here and there with motions of taking gramma's hand, and so forth.

   1952, Louise Woodcock, Life and Ways of the Two-year-old, page 244

plural grammas

1. AustraliaA variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

   Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.

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   1941, H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook, Volume 1, page 238, Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.

   The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata) and is classed as a gramma.

   1952, Desmond Andrew Herbert, Gardening in Warm Climates, page 151

   1983, Margaret Fulton, Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z, Revised 2005, Republished 2009, page 493, Gramma, or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.

   Synonyms: bugle pumpkin, butternut squash, papaw pumpkin

plural grammas

1. alternativeAlternative form of grama.

   It is relished by cattle and horses, and is next to the gramma in value in those regions.

   1906, William Harding Carter, Horses, Saddles and Bridles, page 369

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   Accompanying said proposal any effort was made by the government to was a bond executed by said Drachman as obtain gramma hay for use at Ft. Huachuca.

   1898, “Dennis v. United States”, in The Pacific Reporter, volume 52, page 355

   It is sometimes known as the "gramma grass," and is probably as valuable as any of the true gramma grasses; it is also called "mesquite grass."

   1902, Report of the Governor of New Mexico to the Secretary of the Interior, page 233

plural grammata

1. Something that is written.

   “[…] The first thing that the disciple learns is to read the grammata of his teacher.”

   1933, American Academy for Jewish Research, Proceedings, volume IV, page 90

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   This discussion immediately before us embraces a preliminary paragraph, and three statements of moments, respectively designated by the grammata—α, β, γ.

   1865, James Hutchison Stirling, The Secret of Hegel: Being the Hegelian System in Origin, Principle, Form and Matter, volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, page 125

   The subject can only speak in so far as it follows the traces of the grammata of the writing (écriture).

   1974, Jan M. Broekman, Brunhilde Helm, transl., Structuralism: Moscow – Prague – Paris, D. Reidel Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 93–94

   The fourteen patriarchal grammata which we have at our disposal in the Patmiacus codex are written by eight different patriarchs, Jeremias II claiming the lion’s share with no less than five grammata. Next comes Metrophanes III with three grammata, and Dionysios I, Joasaph II, Jeremias I, Dionysios II, Theoleptos II, and Neophytos II, all with one gramma each.

   1993, The Greek Monasteries of Sozopolis: XIV-XVII Centuries, Institute for Balkan Studies, page 20

2. The subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic.

   The studies were divided into three branches. First, the grammata, which included reading, writing, and arithmetic; secondly, music; and thirdly, gymnastics.

   1855, J. Talboys Wheeler, The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century Before Christ: An Imaginary Biography Founded on Fact, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, page 22

1. A nickname for a grandmother.

   Gramma should be in here by now.

   1979, Patti Stren, There's a Rainbow in My Closet, page 93

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   Thirza opened the kitchen door and glanced out at Gramma's favorite timekeeper.

   1947, Herbert Best, Whistle, Daughter, Whistle, page 68

   I figured I should do something constructive, so I decided to call up Gramma and hope that she'd offer to send me some money.

   1997, Stephan Jaramillo, Going Postal, page 47