She had heard all the gossip of the "grannies," which naturally did not come to his own ears.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
No, sir; he'd go to our shop, where we do as we say we will, and do it up sharp and ship-shape, no matter how unreasonable the demands of the shilly-shallying old grannies we have to deal with.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller
Uneasily wondering, the grannies, wives, and little ones went home, when the nightfall quenched all eyesight, and told one another ancient tales of woe.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore