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Definition of Old codger
1. Noun. Used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man.
Definition of Old codger
1. Noun. An old man ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Codger
Literary usage of Old 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)
"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]; ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Hard-hearted old codger, he'd see me killed with as much unconcern as he would
a sucking-pig. 1846. ..."
4. On Transferred Appellations of Human Beings, Chiefly in English and German by Josef Reinius (1903)
"It is not impossible that this codger 'cobbler' is (partly at least) the base of
the slightly opprobrious (old) codger above. In Murphy's 'Apprentice' the ..."
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