old fart

Example Sentences

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"Take him, take the old fart, take him!"

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

All of them sound like a grumpy old fart who would open their front door and shout, “You kids get off my lawn!”

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024

“That stuff is upon us. Don’t be an old fart, and get yourself educated and up to speed as quickly as possible.”

From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2021

And no, he doesn’t perform much anymore: “It’s not the body that I like to dance in. Now you see an old fart kind of messing around.”

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2017

Obviously unafraid of such a decrepit old fart, the redwing blackbird was still dawdling around down by the puddle, nailing whatever insect tidbits had drifted close to shore.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols