subs. (colloquial).—Short for ‘grand piano.’
1891. Morning Advertiser, 28 March. A precocious young relative is now about to take the daïs. There she stands, violin in hand, and there begins the preliminary scramble on the hired GRAND.
Adj. (colloquial).—A general superlative.
1892. MILLIKEN, ’Arry Ballads, p. 19. Wot we want in a picter is flavour and ‘fetch,’ and yours give it me GRAND.
TO DO THE GRAND, verb. phr. (common).—To put on airs. For synonyms, see LARDY-DAH.
