granniness

In fact, Angela Lansbury’s bawdy, chattering, equivocal Granny—a super opportunity glintily grasped—is as likely to entertain young Rosaleen with such coarsenesses as ‘. . . and she found another husband not too shy to piss into a pot’ as to scare her with warnings about men whose eyebrows meet: you feel there is more to this gabby old woman than her granniness, especially when she herself encounters a fate out of the played-up Little Red Riding Hood theme.

1984 September 21, John Coleman, “Films”, in New Statesman, volume 108, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 41, column 3

What do grannies do? Well, they help around the house, do some cooking, love to be with kids, keep a house neat as a pin, lend moral support, plant-sit, pet-sit, handle food shopping, tell stories, and a whole lot more. If you’re a closet granny, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to earn extra money while getting all of your granny jollies. Market your granniness with classified ads, signs on bulletin boards, and a free publicity story.

1991, Jay Conrad Levinson, “Rent-a-Granny”, in 555 Ways to Earn Extra Money: Revised for the ’90s, New York, N.Y.: Owl Books, →ISBN, chapter 3 (Earning Extra Money Because You’re Oriented to People”), “Services for People” section, page 132

“See that elderly lady there, the one who is trying her best to look like somebody’s innocent Scottish granny?” He nodded solemnly. “If I were you, I would have her taken off and strip searched. For one thing, she’s carrying the unabridged Oxford Dictionary and some awfully dangerous looking knitting needles.” He glanced again at the Queen Mum and smiled; she smiled back at him, the very picture of Glaswegan granniness.

2003, James Dodson, “Nibs the Lost Boy”, in The Road to Somewhere: Travels with a Young Boy through an Old World, New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN, page 19