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noun
An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: antiquity, codger, gadgie, gaffer, geezer, gramps, greybeard, old codger, old fart, old man, unc, whitebeard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: old codger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah
History
Possibly derived from cadger (“hawker”). Or abbreviation of coffin dodger, but this is likely to be a folk etymology.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
