codger

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codger - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Codger \Codg"er\, n. [Cf. Cadger.]
     1. A miser or mean person.
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     2. A singular or odd person, especially an old man; -- a
        familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation. [Colloq.]
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              A few of us old codgers met at the fireside.
                                                    --Emerson.
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codger - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  codger
      n 1: used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing
           old man [syn: codger, old codger]