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Codger

noun
1.
Used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man.  Synonym: old codger.





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"Codger" Quotes from Famous Books



... strained her back in a rowing-match. She did not apologize for her former advice, but she was all aglow about the Greek drama, and made reference to Aspasia as an intellectual type of what women might become. "I didn't ever tell you how envious I used to be when you were studying Greek with that old codger in Rivervale, and could talk about Athens and all that. Next time we meet, I can tell you, it will be Greek meets Greek. I do hope you have not dropped the classics and gone in for the modern notion of being real and practical. If I ever hear of your writing 'real' ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner
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... (he kept throwing pebbles across the gully and spoke half absently), "besides that, it would be fine to have that extra time. Maybe we couldn't use it all this season, but—look, I can hit that thin tree every time—but I'm thinking of the little codger mostly; you know the one I mean—with ...
— Tom Slade at Temple Camp • Percy K. Fitzhugh
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... a funny English story he was telling to a company of actors. Even as his voice recalled him, he was smiling. A crusty old codger, sitting near by, seemed disturbed; at least, he stared in a most pointed way. Hurstwood straightened up. The humour of the memory fled in an instant and he felt ashamed. For relief, he left his chair and strolled out into ...
— Sister Carrie • Theodore Dreiser
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Words linked to "Codger" :   Methuselah, old man, greybeard, graybeard


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