fogram

American  

[foh-gruhm] / ˈfoʊ grəm /

Or fogrum

noun

1. an old-fashioned or overly conservative person; fogy.

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Etymology

Origin of fogram

First recorded in 1765–75; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Dr Fogram has long been regretting the state of the parish.”

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“There ought not to be, for old Dr Fogram and my father send down a handsome sum for blankets and coals every Christmas, and Uphill takes care to get its share!”

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You’d better write to old Fogram, he’ll back you up.”

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Captain Carbonel, however, to their disappointment, advised them to wait to set anything on foot till Dr Fogram, the President of Saint Cyril’s, came down in the summer holidays, when counsel could be taken with him, and there would be more knowledge of the subject.

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The guests whom they best liked, Mr and Mrs Grantley, the clergyman and his wife from the little town of Poppleby, gave an excellent and hopeful account of their rector, Dr Fogram, who was, they said, a really good man, and very liberal.

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