an old codger
1old codger — noun used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man • Syn: ↑codger • Hypernyms: ↑old man, ↑greybeard, ↑graybeard, ↑Methuselah …
2old codger — /oʊld ˈkɒdʒə/ (say ohld kojuh) noun Colloquial → codger (def. 1) …
3old codger — noun An old man …
4codger — 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 …
5codger — noun (C) informal old codger an old man: He s a charming old codger …
6codger — /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. {?… …
7old man — noun 1. a man who is very old (Freq. 38) • Syn: ↑greybeard, ↑graybeard, ↑Methuselah • Hypernyms: ↑oldster, ↑old person, ↑senior citizen, ↑golde …
8Codger — 1. mean, miserly person; 2. odd or peculiar (old) person: a lovable old codger ; 3. fellow; chap (18th C. British slang) …
9codger — Australian Slang 1. mean, miserly person; 2. odd or peculiar (old) person: a lovable old codger ; 3. fellow; chap (18th C. British slang) …
10codger — 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 …
