fogy

Example Sentences

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Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2022

I comfortably describe myself as an old fogy.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2018

Slopen, a young fogy, explains this novel’s sensibility, somewhat, by stating that his father was technically a Victorian.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2014

Does all of this make me an old fogy?

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2010

Be that as it may, the modern Brindaban said to his old fogy of a father: ‘I am off.’

From Mashi and Other Stories by Tagore, Rabindranath