old codger
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old codger — noun used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man • Syn: ↑codger • Hypernyms: ↑old man, ↑greybeard, ↑graybeard, ↑Methuselah … Useful english dictionary
old codger — /oʊld ˈkɒdʒə/ (say ohld kojuh) noun Colloquial → codger (def. 1) …
codger — Etymologically a variant of ‘cadger’, but ‘codger’ applied to a man does not imply that he cadges money. ‘Codger’ is a whimsical term, used with little reverence, of or to an old man. The term is familiar in Britain, and is to some extent kept … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
codger — noun (C) informal old codger an old man: He s a charming old codger … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
codger — /ˈkɒdʒə / (say kojuh) noun Colloquial 1. Also, old codger. a man, especially elderly: *He s an old codger, sixty three and she s only thirty or so, it s a terrible difference, isn t it? –christina stead, 1944. 2. a mean, miserly person. {?… …
old man — noun 1. a man who is very old (Freq. 38) • Syn: ↑greybeard, ↑graybeard, ↑Methuselah • Hypernyms: ↑oldster, ↑old person, ↑senior citizen, ↑golde … Useful english dictionary
Codger — 1. mean, miserly person; 2. odd or peculiar (old) person: a lovable old codger ; 3. fellow; chap (18th C. British slang) … Dictionary of Australian slang
codger — Australian Slang 1. mean, miserly person; 2. odd or peculiar (old) person: a lovable old codger ; 3. fellow; chap (18th C. British slang) … English dialects glossary
codger — cod|ger [ˈkɔdʒə US ˈka:dʒər] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from cadger; CADGE] old codger informal not polite an offensive word for an old man … Dictionary of contemporary English
codger — [[t]kɒ̱ʤə(r)[/t]] codgers N COUNT: usu adj N (disapproval) Old codger is a disrespectful way of referring to an old man … English dictionary
