Citations:grownies

English citations of grownies

(childish) grown-ups

• 2022 October 2, Jonathan Perlman, No Title Yet and Other Poems, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

  So, proceed with caution and try to be stealth Look out for those grownies who act all mature They'll force you to age and make time a blur They'll give you a job and make you work hard End recess early in the grammar school yard The […]

• 2020 August 25, Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 251:

  There were other grownies around, so he might have felt obligated to be kingly, to pat us on the head. He was short and waddled like most kings. He said, “That's true. We could be real business partners. How much do you think we could […]

• 1986, Linda Woolverton, Star Wind, →ISBN:

  "My grownies tried to stick me in prison-class all summer." "Slimy grownies," Dan responded with disgust . Camden stared at Sara, shocked." You mean your grandparents actually wanted to have you locked up in jail?"

• 2009 May 30, K. C. Constantine, Saving Room for Dessert, Mysterious Press, →ISBN:

  “Hey, stonehead, all those adults who were in the room the last time you went through the system, who did you think they were?” No answer. “Suddenly can't talk now, huh? You don't remember those grownies standin' around in Family Court?"