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stodger colloq.|ˈstɒdʒə(r)|
[f. stodgy a. + -er1.]
A stodgy person; one who is lacking in spirit or liveliness. Hence ˈstodgery, be-behaviour characteristic of such a person.
1905Punch 25 Jan. 62/1 The other regular old stodgers who go to all the parties within a radius of six miles. 1907Punch 9 Jan. 20/2 Well, father's quite right, they are the most awful stodgers. You know they are. 1920W. Deeping Second Youth iv. 31 If you were starving, Miles, I suppose you would walk down Oxford Street and say nothing. What stodgery! We middle-class people are hopeless! |