2004, Robert Archibald, The New Town Square: Museums and Communities in Transition, Rowman Altamira (→ISBN), page 13:
It is arduous and stressful work capped off by the grand-daddy of all exams and a book-length research paper. Finally, I was a newly minted "professional" and proud of it.
2007, Mary Brave Bird, Ohitika Woman, Grove Press (→ISBN), page 110:
I knew an old medicine man who called the sun dance the grand-daddy of all our ceremonies. It is the foremost, the most solemn, the most sacred of all our rituals. It is a celebration of life, of the sun, the buffalo, the eagle.
2007, Jane Killion, When Pigs Fly: Training Success with Impossible Dogs, Dogwise Publishing (→ISBN):
Meal time is the grand-daddy of all reinforcement opportunities. Do you want to teach your dog to start up the riding tractor and mow the lawn for you? You could probably do it if you used your dog's dinner as a reinforcer [...]
2012, Ifedinma Dimbo, She Was Foolish?, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN), page 133:
Others wouldjust have to wait for the wedding, which was supposed to be the grand-daddy of all weddings! Besides, I wanted to afford them both, most especially Ifeoma, who had promised to arrive a day earlier, the opportunity to see ...
