codger

Indeed, the reactionary codgers whom Americans vote for tend to enact social policies that guarantee low social mobility, thus empowering a vicious cycle.

“Thelma,” a mildly amusing, highly improbable codger comedy, is so typical of a certain kind of Sundance movie — sentimental, quirky, ingratiatingly likable — that it feels instantly familiar.

More voters think Biden is the mentally suspect codger of the two.

When I asked Winston how she and others had made the shirts so quickly, she looked at me like the codger I am:

Like the colonoscopy-conversing codgers in “The Chair,” Professor Cassovan presents as a familiar comic figure: the elderly curmudgeon upholding antiquated ideals.