fogy

Example Sentences

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Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2022

I comfortably describe myself as an old fogy.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2018

He can be didactic, a crotchety young fogy.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2012

Does all of this make me an old fogy?

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2010

He not only regarded him as an old fogy, a vain old fogy, but as a dead weight upon the Star.

From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David