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old fogy

noun as in fogy/fogey

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Weak match

noun as in mossback

noun as in stick-in-the-mud

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Example Sentences

He’s the classic young fogey, impressing old fogies enough to land a Senate internship at age 16 followed by ones with the secretary of the Senate and the late Speaker of the House Tom Foley.

How had he, a useless old fogy, dared to blackball a man like Iver?

They have won the annual debate right along, so that my old fogy uncle declares all the brains are in Harvard.

They laughed at me because I found fault with these things and called me an old fogy.

"Old fogy teacher" or "he has the old ways yet" are expressions that are too common to require any explanation.

I go to the latter occasionally—the institute is an old fogy concern, but the grounds are fine.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to old fogy, such as: fogey, dodo, fossil, fuddy-duddy, stick-in-the-mud, and old fogey.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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