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

But Laurent Pelly’s searing staging, produced with the Vienna State Opera, crisply played and superbly cast, showed that a fogy can burn with as much — if not more — fire as something fresh.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2018

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

Besides, you are an old fogy, Sam—you are out of date, moth-eaten.

From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)