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Definition of Fogies
1. fogie [n] - See also: fogie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fogies
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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