codger
Example Sentences
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When I asked Winston how she and others had made the shirts so quickly, she looked at me like the codger I am:
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2022
Johnson says that you have three options when it comes to adoption: “another old codger, a pair of kittens, or nothing at all.”
From Slate • May 30, 2019
Yet much of the press is acting like he's an old codger and it's just a matter of time before he keels over politically.
From Fox News • Apr. 26, 2019
Rantasaur: The codger who goes on and on about how our smartphones make us stupid.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2017
Dobby whispered, “He said we is free to call him a — a barmy old codger if we likes, sir!”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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