Definition of Codger

1. Noun. Used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man.

Exact synonyms: Old Codger
Generic synonyms: Graybeard, Greybeard, Methuselah, Old Man

Definition of Codger

1. n. A miser or mean person.

Definition of Codger

1. Noun. An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Codger

1. an old man [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Codger

codeveloping
codevelops
codewise
codeword
codewords
codework
codex
codexes
codfish
codfish ball
codfish cake
codfish vertebrae
codfishes
codge
codged
codger (current term)
codgerly
codgers
codges
codging
codhead
codheads
codical
codices
codicil
codicillary
codicils
codicological
codicologies
codicologist

Literary usage of Codger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handlingar (1903)
"irreverent term', usually old codger, 1756 Murphy, Apprentice: »Old Cojer must not smoke that .I have any concern» [said by the appr. of his master]; ..."

2. On Transferred Appellations of Human Beings by Josef Reinius (1903)
"With beggar and codger as terms of contempt may be compared Swe. stackare, ... Ox. The variant codger with shortened vowel si'unis due to the influence of ..."

3. A Motley by John Galsworthy (1910)
"THE "codger" IF ever there were a personality in petticoats, this was he. His petticoats were nine inches long, but what he lacked in petticoats he made up ..."

4. On Transferred Appellations of Human Beings, Chiefly in English and German by Josef Reinius (1903)
"'comfortable, in a fair stale of health' WR., if this is not formed on the subst. With beggar and codger as terms of contempt may be compared Swe. stackare, ..."

5. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax: Poems : in Search of 1. the Picturesque, 2 by William Combe (1871)
"He's a rum codger you must know ; He thinks he knows, puff'd up with pride, Far more than all the world beside ; But when did any body hear, He for distress ..."

6. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"Most of the general slang terms for a man or fellow correspond in usage to * old codger,' e.#.t old chap ; l>en cull ; old man ; my pippin ; old cock, etc. ..."

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