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[koj-er] / ˈkɒdʒ ər /


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Providing a nonstop stream of eccentric social commentary, improbable memories and terrible jokes, Harry is an amiable codger who has no filter whatsoever.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Years later, the Azusa Herald quoted an old codger of a prospector — aren’t they all codgers? — that the Eldoradoville inundation “never stopped until it brought up in San Pedro Harbor.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2025

That old codger will coach in a fresh place after all this time: the Golden State Warriors’ house by the Central Basin of the San Francisco Bay, a 2½-year-old toddler among arenas.

From Washington Post Mar. 20, 2022

Johnson says that you have three options when it comes to adoption: “another old codger, a pair of kittens, or nothing at all.”

From Slate May 30, 2019

The old codger was sitting on a box with his Bible on his knees.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers



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