Usually means: Elderly man, often eccentric, grumpy.
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  1. old codger: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. old codger: Vocabulary.com
  3. old codger: Wiktionary
  4. old codger: Dictionary.com
  5. old codger: Rhymezone
  6. old codger: FreeDictionary.org
  7. old codger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. old codger: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. old codger: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (slang, often humorous) An old man.

Similar:
codger, oldster, codgerhood, codger-hood, old-old, Coger, oldman, geriatric, old timer, old fogey, more...

Opposite:
youngster, youth, adolescent, teenager

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Similar:
codger, oldster, codgerhood, codger-hood, old-old, Coger, oldman, geriatric, old timer, old fogey, more...

Opposite:
youngster, youth, adolescent, teenager



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