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old fogy

NOUN
fogy/fogey
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NOUN
mossback
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I comfortably describe myself as an old fogy.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2018

Does all of this make me an old fogy?

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2010

In the glossy generalities of contemporary art criticism, "realist" and "old fogy" are nearly synonymous.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not so, Wilbur Daniel Steele, 65, who rejoices in being a reactionary and flavorful old fogy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion by Whitman, Walt




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