old fogy
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of old fogy
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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I comfortably describe myself as an old fogy.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2018
Does all of this make me an old fogy?
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2010
Pierre Bonnard's latter-day success is galling to some Parisian moderns, who think he is an old fogy.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the glossy generalities of contemporary art criticism, "realist" and "old fogy" are nearly synonymous.
From Time Magazine Archive
He decried himself as a stupid, ugly old fogy; and she cried him up as the wisest and most beautiful and best of men.
From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes
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