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

Her first special was a portrait of a young fogy, but this new one zeros in on her self-protective cynicism and exaggerates it until it’s an absurd cartoon.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 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

Then you’se kin laff at all us old fogy farmers what stick to old-fashioned ways.”

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth