doddery

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The great man is pretty old and doddery, wears spectacles about an inch thick, and a large collection of decorations.

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  • That quartet, of course, return from the first movie, but now they're joined by reinforcements including turncoat Decepticon, and doddery old duffer, Jetfire; female Autobot Arcee (briefly glimpsed in the teaser trailer that launched a couple of months ago); Jolt, and Skid & Mudflap, two Autobots known as The Twins. —  Empire News
  • First they all litany of cardiac problems mean they're basically too doddery and confused to actually be of any use to anyone anyway. —  Hecklerspray
  • In practice, the petite blueberry reverses some of the effects of aging on the brain, boosting short-term memory and spatial learning-reviving the ability of doddery lab rats to move through mazes. —  Psychology Today
  • John Sergeant's resignation and, in "I am not doddery, doddery I am not," we've reached the part of —  Hecklerspray
  • For those of us not too old & doddery to do so, the thought of paying £300 at B&Q —  Guy Fawkes' blog
 

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