: an often mildly eccentric and usually elderly fellow
old codger
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Examples of codger in a Sentence
Her father is a feisty old codger.
just an old codger who never harmed anyone
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Most residents can recite Arizona's 5 C's that have long been driven the state economy — copper, citrus, codgers and cactus candy.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2024
Bezos is undaunted by these codgers, though, and sets about instructing his new employees.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
Pitcher took off his dress shoes and socks, went down there cold and dusted those old codgers.
—Gregg Doyel
indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2023
He’s become the modern-day equivalent of a town crier, a character somewhere between a loving grandfather and a next-door codger with a tale for every occasion.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2020
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
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2024
Bezos is undaunted by these codgers, though, and sets about instructing his new employees.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
Pitcher took off his dress shoes and socks, went down there cold and dusted those old codgers.
—Gregg Doyel
indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2023
He’s become the modern-day equivalent of a town crier, a character somewhere between a loving grandfather and a next-door codger with a tale for every occasion.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2020
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
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“Codger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/codger. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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codger
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cod·ger
ˈkäj-ər 
: an odd or cranky fellow
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