old fogy
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- old-fogeyish adjective
- old-fogyish adjective
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
As soon as a man acquires fairly good sense it is said he is an old fogy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has a pedagogic urge to prove that "being in the field of classics doesn't make one an old fogy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Well," I reflected, "it is perhaps good to be an old fogy with scanty hair and the beginning of crow's feet.
From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George
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