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codger

noun

cod·​ger ˈkä-jər How to pronounce codger (audio)
: an often mildly eccentric and usually elderly fellow
old codger

Example Sentences

Her father is a feisty old codger. just an old codger who never harmed anyone
Recent Examples on the Web In Coen’s adaptation, Hunter also plays the Old Man outside Macbeth’s castle, which suggests that the witches have shape-shifted into an old codger. Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 Beyond the visual shock of St. Helen’s outburst and resultant devastation, my most vivid memory is that of an 83-year-old codger named Harry R. Truman. oregonlive, 18 May 2020 But even this codger of a galaxy knows how to get glitzy for the holidays. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2019 Related Stories Crabby but sensible old codger Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) has amassed a fortune from his career as a prolific writer of mysteries. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 Nov. 2019 Sinatra, a rather touchy and somewhat bigoted codger in these pages, earned as much as $100,000 a week for his residency at Caesars Palace. The Economist, 11 July 2019 The devilish old codger and said father, Jack (Christopher Plummer), recently ousted from his nursing home for incorrigible weed-dealing. Shana Feste, New York Times, 21 June 2018 Jack gets back in touch with various smiling old codgers from his youth (Christopher Lloyd and Peter Fonda). Justin Chang, latimes.com, 21 June 2018 Yet the old codgers of tech—or any industry—that are able to rejigger themselves and get moving again are the more impressive heroes, turning the clichéd aircraft carrier. Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 15 June 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably alteration of cadger

First Known Use

circa 1738, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of codger was circa 1738

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