Definition of Fogies

1. Noun. (plural of fogey) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fogies

1. fogie [n] - See also: fogie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fogies

fogger
foggers
foggetaboutit
foggier
foggiest
foggily
fogginess
fogginesses
fogging
fogging retinoscopy
foggite
foggy
foghorn
foghorns
fogie
fogies (current term)
foglamp
foglamps
fogle
fogles
fogless
foglight
foglights
foglike
fogman
fogmen
fogo selvagem
fogou
fogous
fogram

Literary usage of Fogies

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

1. Bulls and Bears of New York: With the Crisis of 1873, and the Cause by Matthew Hale Smith (1874)
"OLD fogies AUD PROGRESSIVES.—BANKS OP HONOR AND DISHONOR. ... One class is known as the rut presidents—old fogies, doing the same business, ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1846)
"But we must intimate to such parties that their stratagem will be unsuccessful, and that they will be written down fogies as requested, and duly found ..."

3. Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac: Under the Command of Commodore by Jeremiah N. Reynolds (1835)
"... on the Coast—Pulo Nyas Parents sell their Children for Slaves —The fogies—Islands and Inhabitants of ..."

4. The Religion of Science: Or, The Art of Actualizing Liberty, and of by Calvin Blanchard (1860)
"... &c., &c.; and astonished all, by converting the very force which had thus far seemingly prevented dancing, and which the old fogies had always contended ..."

5. History of the Settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario): With Special Reference by William Canniff (1869)
"... Society organized by Simcoe— A Snuff Box—fogies—Silver—Want of help—Midland District taking the lead—Societies—Legislative help—Prince Edward—Pearl ..."

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