codger
Example Sentences
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I don’t want to sound like an old codger, but the crowd should respond to what’s happening in a game.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 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
By the 1930s, the term had changed in Hollywood to refer to entertainers who played specific types: Walter Brennan as the leathery old codger, Ward Bond as the avuncular authority figure.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 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
