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
Affairs at the Met The Metropolitan Opera is an old fogy with antiquated ways.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am not an old fogy; I am 16 years old.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is therefore not on account of superior merits, but on account of old fogy notions and prejudices that the bureaucracy, military and civil, consider themselves to be of such immeasurable importance.
From Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant by Mattson, Hans
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