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Definition of codger in English: codgernoun ˈkɒdʒəˈkɑdʒər derogatory, informal An elderly man. old codgers harping on about yesteryear Example sentencesExamples - George Jackson successfully defended his seniors championship for old codgers over the age of fifty.
- The younger punters want to check out whether these old codgers deserve legendary status.
- I have a nasty feeling unless something is done when all the old codgers like me are gone I don't know if it will still be remembered.
- Might TV news tilt in favor of prescription benefits for senior citizens because the producers know many of their viewers are codgers?
- Some of the old codgers are probably in irreversible decline and the best years of their lives are certainly over.
- The old codgers' advocacy group - AARP - pays only 17 per cent of its revenue in administration.
- I've been introduced to a couple of codgers who have created a fabulous documented account of information on every reasonably major club and league in the country.
- Geezers and codgers well remember how the first steel shafts were painted yellow or brown to resemble hickory.
- Since the new drug benefit doesn't kick in until after the election, the codgers won't realize they've been duped until it's too late.
- ‘I don't think the lads see me as an ancient codger and I certainly don't feel that way,’ he says.
Origin Mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of cadger (see cadge). cadge from early 17th century: The first recorded use of cadge was the English dialect sense ‘to carry about’. This was formed from the noun cadger, which had existed since the late 15th century and meant, in northern English and Scots, ‘a pedlar or dealer who travelled between town and country’. From this developed the verb sense ‘to hawk or peddle’ and eventually the modern sense, ‘to ask for something that you are not strictly entitled to’. Codger, meaning an elderly man, is probably a variant of cadger.
Definition of codger in US English: codgernounˈkäjərˈkɑdʒər derogatory, informal An elderly man, especially one who is old-fashioned or eccentric. old codgers always harp on about yesteryear Example sentencesExamples - Some of the old codgers are probably in irreversible decline and the best years of their lives are certainly over.
- The younger punters want to check out whether these old codgers deserve legendary status.
- Geezers and codgers well remember how the first steel shafts were painted yellow or brown to resemble hickory.
- I've been introduced to a couple of codgers who have created a fabulous documented account of information on every reasonably major club and league in the country.
- ‘I don't think the lads see me as an ancient codger and I certainly don't feel that way,’ he says.
- Might TV news tilt in favor of prescription benefits for senior citizens because the producers know many of their viewers are codgers?
- Since the new drug benefit doesn't kick in until after the election, the codgers won't realize they've been duped until it's too late.
- George Jackson successfully defended his seniors championship for old codgers over the age of fifty.
- The old codgers' advocacy group - AARP - pays only 17 per cent of its revenue in administration.
- I have a nasty feeling unless something is done when all the old codgers like me are gone I don't know if it will still be remembered.
Origin Mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of cadger (see cadge). |