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
Often thought of as a blinkered old fogy, Virginia's Committee Chairman Harry Byrd.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Where are your parents, boy, that you are left to the care of old fogy doctors and careless tutors?”
From The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle by Stokes, Katherine
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