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- adjective Like a
codger ; old and ill-tempered.
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the risk of sounding codgerly, I have to say that when I was growing up, kids played by themselves -- there were never any adults around.
Philip Slater: Our Overprotected Society: Stamping Out the Unpredictable 2008
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Rooney, Art. Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers owner and codgerly league éminence grise (1901 – 88); the most affable, and least football-savvy, of the old-line N.F.L. triumvirate that also included George “Papa Bear” Halas and Paul Brown.
The Pro Football Snob's Dictionary, Vol. 2 David Kamp and Peter Richmond 2005
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Rooney, Art. Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers owner and codgerly league éminence grise (1901 – 88); the most affable, and least football-savvy, of the old-line N.F.L. triumvirate that also included George “Papa Bear” Halas and Paul Brown.
The Pro Football Snob's Dictionary, Vol. 2 David Kamp and Peter Richmond 2005
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As even codgerly David Letterman said the other night, while interviewing garage-rock-guitarist White, "This is what the Olympics need more of."
FanHouse Main Jay Mariotti 2010
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As even codgerly David Letterman said the other night, while interviewing garage-rock-guitarist White, "This is what the Olympics need more of."
FanHouse Main 2010
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