codger
Example Sentences
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Indeed, the reactionary codgers whom Americans vote for tend to enact social policies that guarantee low social mobility, thus empowering a vicious cycle.
From Salon
“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.
From New York Times
More voters think Biden is the mentally suspect codger of the two.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Like the colonoscopy-conversing codgers in “The Chair,” Professor Cassovan presents as a familiar comic figure: the elderly curmudgeon upholding antiquated ideals.
From New York Times
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