| 单词 | old codger |
| 例句 | The old codger was sitting on a box with his Bible on his knees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was more like some gabby old codger who would sit next to you on a bus and try to show you bits of paper he kept folded in his wallet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Carmen, honey, I don’t think that shawl would have made a darn bit of difference. You can’t hide your light under a bushel. And that old codger’s got eyes on his”—she notices me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Dobby whispered, “He said we is free to call him a — a barmy old codger if we likes, sir!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “He wakes up in the morning like a sly old codger,” said Pollard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It does smell an awful lot like bacon. Maybe it’s some old codger who’s living in the woods and he’s making his breakfast.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z We have to understand that he's a lonely old codger, grateful for the company of his son. Jonathan Bernstein's Aerial View of American TV 2010-10-22T23:06:00Z "I'm sure they are nice old codgers, but I'm afraid I find their work serious-minded to the point of pain and obscure of purpose." Race hots up 2010-05-18T12:23:00Z Q: There’s a great line in”Hell” where an old codger remarks that the good old days of robbing banks and living long enough to enjoy the money are long gone. Actor-turned-screenwriter Taylor Sheridan, on his love letter to Texas 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Despite playing old codgers, he was one of life's great dandies. David Kelly obituary 2012-02-13T17:30:28Z On his 25th studio album takes a matter of minutes for Paul Weller to slip into grumpy old codger mode. Paul Weller: Wake Up the Nation 2010-04-15T14:30:00Z But I am the old codger who knows a lot and tries to tell people things whether they want to hear them or not. Tommy Chong waxes philosophical about his stoner persona, jazz music, and dealing with Trump 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z She was simple and good, and an angel commanded an old codger called Joseph to take her as his bride. The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ 2010-04-26T21:00:00Z 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. Duke surges past Michigan State to give Mike Krzyzewski one last trip to the Sweet 16 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z And this is how I turned into a cliché: the old codger who buys a car wistfully recalled from his youth. Nostalgia Plus Time Equals a New Breed of Collectible Cars 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z I tentatively suggest that by this stage we might sound like two crusty old codgers being sentimental about an imaginary golden age. 'My ties to England have loosened': John le Carré on Britain, Boris and Brexit 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Yet much of the press is acting like he's an old codger and it's just a matter of time before he keels over politically. Why the media are convinced Joe Biden will implode 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z You didn’t come this far just to give up, and some old codger’s words aren’t going to be enough to erase those pictures of Perfectlyfocusgroupedtoappealtothelargestdemographic. A beginner’s guide to space travel and seafood 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z But there was the garage sale where he met an old codger selling a shotgun. Antiques dealer focuses on all things Nevada, the Wild West 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “It’s all yuppies and kids in strollers and all of that — and a few old codgers,” Crowley, 82, said over a recent lunch. Opinion | The Extinction of Gay Identity 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z As an old codger myself I found this piece and the reboot charming. The Woody Allen Reboot You Won’t See at the Oscars (or Maybe Anywhere) 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z There’s the freshness of Oklahoma and Georgia, old codgers of football ambition, tangling for the first time in the 148 years since the nation started going cuckoo for football played by collegians. Analysis | Irresistible force, meet immovable object: Oklahoma, Georgia prepare for playoff collision 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z By the 1930s, the term had changed in Hollywood to refer to entertainers who played specific types: Walter Brennan as the leathery old codger, Ward Bond as the avuncular authority figure. The New Generation of Character Actors 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Youngsters may sigh with impatience when an old codger tells them how life was tougher “when I was your age”. Millennials are doing better than the baby-boomers did at their age 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Though he is hobnobbing with former enemies, the old codger still finds it difficult to apologise for the excesses of his tenure. Mahathir Mohamad’s return shows the sorry state of Malaysian politics 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The old codgers sit by the window, working on the first pints of the day. The parable of JD Wetherspoon 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He told Andrew Neil on This Week: "I am old fashioned obviously, I don't think there are many old codgers who don't believe things were better in their day." Author and former MI6 man Freddie Forsyth talks spying - BBC News 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z I’d recommend this game as a fitness app for old codgers — especially those in a bit of pain who have a hard time getting motivated to walk. 'The silly game helped me walk again': readers on Pokémon Go three months on 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z When the new mid-year grades were announced about halfway through my quest, I had managed to add a few points – pulling myself up painfully to 136, an old codger’s grade if ever there was one. Truth, beauty and annihilation: my quest for chess mastery | Stephen Moss 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Two old codgers chatting on the edge of the mart reckoned everything would change: “We’ll get £1 billion back just from the European Parliament alone.” Brexitland versus Londonia 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z And, on top of that, the old codger has been in Congress for a quarter-century! CHARLES HURT: Hillary Clinton suffers Donald Trump envy as Clinton fatigue sets in 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Give the old codgers this: even if they don’t do their taxes online, they do know how to use social media to air their grievances. Irate TurboTax Users Can Get Free Upgrades Or HR Block Substitute 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Honestly, I’m like one of those old codgers I used to watch in the military parades of my 1950s childhood. The commencement speech that the Internet generation really needs 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z As people choose to work longer, they may inspire resentment from co-workers who think promotions are being blocked by old codgers who won’t leave. High & Low Finance: Ideas to Help Workers Afford to Retire 2014-02-06T20:00:52Z Pretty hard to take if you're an old codger like me. America and Europe: Virility symbols 2012-08-03T16:23:53Z "It's not going to happen at this moment, they have a good squad for div 3, and don't need an old codger like me!" he tweeted. The Fiver 2012-08-07T15:31:20Z Here’s old Pete, the biggest pickerel in the world, the wary old codger that has defied every fisherman for miles around, and has even eluded the deadly machinations of Si Perkins. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z “Funny old codger!” commented Sherry, looking after him. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z “Going to be a good day, just as that old codger said it would,” agreed Luke. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Yes, we know your trade— Yes, you’re a pretty babe of grace; We want no proofs, old codger, but your face; So come along with us, old blade.’ The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z He is a man of business, and I'm a forgetful old codger. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z A grizzled old codger, across whose fish-lines I came crabbing in, seemed more pleased than put out over the diversion. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z “And at night the old codger’s ghost walks 88 around,” added Lee; “and if you follow him, he’ll take you to the place the money’s hidden.” The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z Aspiring Oscar-winners need to stick around to remind the old codgers at the academy to vote for them when the time comes. The Help cleans up after Spy Kids' trail goes cold, but Conan stays pumped 2011-08-22T12:02:15Z So I went downstairs and resigned before the old codger could report me. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z And for him to take that old codger in out o’ the snow——” Aunty Rose interrupted, as she often did at such times, sternly. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z He found that Mrs. Swipes had a word to say, and it took me to send the old codger adrift—it jest did. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z He seemed a well-meaning old codger, and I wouldn’t want to hurt his feelings—if he has any. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z "I've been wonderin'," Beck said after a time, "how this old codger rakes up the dust to buy cattle and wire." The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z The old codger looked at me sort of suspicious and I made believe I’d come back on purpose. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Want to make them jealous of an old codger like me? Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z We knew we could rout the old codger, the owner, out, if we made noise enough, for he lived over his shop. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z How do you know the negro took on when the old codger died? The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z "He must be an eccentric old codger," said the middy. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Almighty lucky happen-so for him, 'cause I had an old codger aboard that was just on his way to visit Billy. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Riggs seemed to fill the bill, so the wealthy old codger took him into his business and taught him the ropes. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z "I reckon I don't have to be paid for no trouble," the old codger snarled. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Now Toys “R” Us, experiencing sales problems of its own, is prodding the old codger of a brand to try to ignite a holiday upturn. Overhaul Planned for F.A.O. Schwarz 2010-10-01T21:40:00Z Then Mr. Curtis headed to a Hungarian deli “where a couple of old codgers told me they knew him back when,” Mr. Paris said. Tony Curtis's New York, on Film and in Reality 2010-09-30T20:35:00Z “Especially to an old codger like me that saw it first hand, you wonder if it might happen again,” he said. U.S. Farmers Wary of Benefiting From Russia?s Woes 2010-08-19T18:16:00Z It’s rather inaccessible, but such an old one that some old codger in the East with a lot of money on his hands donated a considerable sum to have it opened.” Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z You see these old codgers hobbling around restaurants they started 30, 40 years before. Selling the Business with Social Mission Attached 2010-02-19T19:47:00Z He resented the “old codger’s” nearness to his dainty darling and his talking to her. Dorothy on a House Boat But he is dead and gathered to old Paul Bunyan’s side, And so I’ll never know for sure if that old codger lied. Paul Bunyan and His Loggers Well, I let the old codger run along at this clip. Cupid's Middleman He’s the meanest old codger you ever saw. A Campfire Girl's Happiness He is a whimsical old codger, very prone to talk to himself and go through strange gymnastics in a rather ridiculous way, but the flicker is honest. Old Plymouth Trails Two old codgers, head to head, were bragging laboriously of their prowess as cooks. Gold I tell you those old codgers of the time you say these belong to had strong nerves and stomachs. Aurora the Magnificent It was nine o’clock before the Captain came capering in, and the two old codgers in their seventies went into the plot of the surprise party with the enthusiasm of boys. In the Heart of a Fool Shucks, this old codger is only plum’ daft. The Missourian Take another view, and consider what a fine chance you'd have had to meet her if that old codger hadn't turned scamp off there in Azuria! Wings of the Wind "Well, there's another of 'em," inquiringly asked a fat, farmer-looking old codger: "Dr. Duncan, how's he stand down there about Washington?" The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes There’s an old codger down there, too, Twombley they call him––he’s smart as the devil, but you can’t tell which way he may leap. At the Crossroads Don't interrupt—where the dearest old codger in the world is just going out of the house-furnishing business in a small way. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse But I stumbled on an old codger who used to be postmaster at Waytown and he told me more in a few moments than all the Boston detectives had found in months. Highacres He was a cunning old codger, and hated Grumpy-growly like mustard, because the old fellow had once treated him, in a fit of rage, to a hug that nearly put an end to him. Red, White, Blue Socks, Part First Being the First Book Before long the old codger would be saying that he knew the hiding place of Halkon's treasure, about which there were probably more legends and yarns than anything else in the Universe. Loot of the Void I bet that’ll bring the old codger out, for all his rheumatism!” The Crevice The next day the friends lunched together at an Italian restaurant very near the place, and rather hurried themselves away to the old codger's store. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse Every time he writes he sends his love to every old codger that chopped down a tree on this place. The Silver Maple I never saw such a selfish old codger as that Tippengray. The Squirrel Inn Chunkey Monroe, who did the villains at the National; and, towering above him might be seen his cousin, Lengthy Monroe, who enacted the hard old codgers at the same establishment. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. The Beadle introduced the Beard to Casimir under the name of Father India-rubber: an old codger, whose trade was to buy and sell tyres to chauffeurs, tyres new and also second-hand. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas My old codger's lease expires in the fall," he answered, "but he would be glad to have me take it off his hands this spring. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse Is it because I am a lonely, solitary old codger, with neither chick nor child to bless me with their love, and whom I may love in return? Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life And, thinks I, them two old codgers must have gone to Kingdom Come, for I’m—let’s see—I’m twenty, or something like that, years younger than either of you, as I remember.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Why not say so at first, my old codger? Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle What the devil did they send those old codgers with their wooden legs here for? A Sailor of King George He could not say enough of the beauty of the place, and he asked if he might sit there and watch for the old codger's old customers coming to buy hardware. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse Funny old codgers they were, and as much alike as two peas in a pod—fat, chunky, ragged looking old rascals. Across the Mesa It's about two old codgers—friends of mine; they come in here regular. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure "That old codger represents the nearest thing to an animal that the human being can reach," said McLaughlin, one of the oldest missionaries on the island. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas He used to be a pleasant old codger, but he got over it, and after he learned to swear readily, he was a pretty tough party to buck up against. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern The girls hailed them with wild demonstrations, for snow meant sleigh-rides, and it is a frosty old codger who can frown and grumble at the sound of sleigh-bells. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life I am to take half of our find—nice, selfish old codger that I am—while you divide yours with 186 your friends. Madge Morton's Victory Another old codger, as sly as a fox! The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure Mail-Order Petrie is a miserly old codger who buys everything out of town that he can buy a penny cheaper than the home merchants sell it. In Our Town Then there was Sullivan, old man Sullivan, a decrepit old codger who had sailed second mate all his life, and never got a first mate's berth because he couldn't master navigation. The Grain Ship She had often noted an old codger whose place backed up on hers, but had never held any converse with him. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives The hackman touched his hat respectfully to the old gentleman, whom he had at first mentally styled a rusty old codger. The Erie Train Boy Said the other old codger, I'll be hanged if I do! The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure Now, how can a young girl like Ellen be happy or gleeful married to a sober old codger like you, eh? The Prodigal Father It was, to that old codger, who won’t get over his lesson for a month. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters "Poor old codger," thought Clavering as he received a welcoming smile, and then he told her of the excitement in the foyer. Black Oxen Finally we got dad down and then the two old codgers began to discuss a proposition to go to Monte Carlo to break the bank. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 “The old boy still likes to play the mouth-organ—nothing like these old codgers for thinking they’re still kids,” Mr. Hartwig puffed at dinner, then banged his fist and laughed rollingly. The Innocents A Story for Lovers If I wuz to go to him and say, Eleanore Jordan is willing, I believe the old codger would give me a bag of gold. The Goose Man See here, have you been putting up cash all this time for that old codger to loaf on? Mr. Opp The old codger in stone did not budge. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life When they had had as much as I thought good for them, I pulled up, and several old codgers went over their nags' heads, of course. The Path to Honour In my day the old codger had an easy conscience and twenty thousand dollars. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. I shook my head in answer; then ran, rather than walked, up the Marburys’ steps; indeed, that night taught me how active a corpulent old codger can be if the need comes. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Surely—they looked312 at Uncle Bill contemptuously—even if he had struck something she would not marry that old codger. The Man from the Bitter Roots "Whoever he was, he must have been rather a fine old codger himself for he brought Will—his adopted daughter up splendidly," Winnie observed with enthusiasm. The Fifth Ace Release yourself from this tyranny of material things—as your pater used to quote Socrates or some other old codger as saying. The Path to Honour An old codger, slowly ascending the steps, and pushing into the semi-obscurity of the hall, paused as the door slammed behind him, stared at the sheriff in surprise, then fixed him with a bantering leer. His "Day In Court" 1895 "What did the old codger have to say to the committee?" asked another voice, which Peace recognized as that of Dr. Race, though she could not see him. Heart of Gold The scenario bug has certainly bit that old codger. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point We have all seen these old codgers who have retired. Dollars and Sense “Piang, what will we say to the old codger now?” asked Lewis. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Give an’ take; all right, old codger—‘may our friendship last for ever,’ as the old song puts it. Jarwin and Cuffy “I say, old codger, considering you be as deaf as a post, you hears pretty well,” said old Tom. Jacob Faithful “If that old codger has succeeded in turning out anything worth while, I certainly shall believe that ‘wonders never cease.’” Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point “More easily said than done, old codger,” hiccoughed Robson, essaying to get across the back of a restive mule. Hurricane Hurry And, my Crikey! if you had only seen how the old codger looked when he found the purse in his pocket. Six Years in the Prisons of England “All right, old codger,” replied the British tar, with a submissive look; “honour bright, honour bright,” he added several times, in a low tone, as if to keep himself in mind of his promise. Jarwin and Cuffy He was a crusty old codger always engaged in half-a-dozen lawsuits. Just Patty “Here you are, Batch, my boy—we got your address at the police-station and came to look you up, and oh, I say, what a glorious old codger!” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life It's an awful lot of money for an old codger like me to handle. Shorty McCabe on the Job I'm a serious old codger this afternoon, am I not? Rosemary The cold-blooded cruelty and calculation of it made him long to get hold of the old codger. Frontier Boys in Frisco I can see him just as plain—poor old codger. Roy Blakely, Pathfinder I know; but he was a queer old codger, and he took a great fancy to you when he saw you. The Tangled Threads Wisdom is not of much use to an old codger. An Arkansas Planter He’s a hired man we found being beaten up by an old codger of a34 farmer when we walked out this afternoon. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery "It does look like we were up against it," admitted Jim, "but we have a fighting chance, and I propose to keep on that old codger's trail." Frontier Boys in Frisco This old codger is about seventy-five, ruddy and saucy yet. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II What an old codger he was though, and how like a savage he lived here. Bad Hugh I'd better be careful, though, or I'll have all the young fellows in town down on me, when they see an old codger like me driving two pretty young ladies around. The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm Or, Bessie King's New Chum "Is that the old codger who's been worrying my entire staff for permission to go through our lines to his home?" The Littlest Rebel A couple of old codgers got into a quarrel and landed before the local magistrate. More Toasts It was her way, emotionally heightened as usual, of saying that he was really a very nice old codger. The Brimming Cup Clover, we are informed by some luxurious old codgers, who are living in the midst of it, was never in better condition. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 "I wonder now what's the attraction to her for an old codger like that," he added watching the smoke as it curled lazily up from the end of his Havana. Elsie's Womanhood "Wellington is a generous old codger, and has done things up in fine style." Mona There are quaint old codgers one knows here and there who declare that in fiction there has "been nothing since Dickens." Walking-Stick Papers "No, there's nobody living immediately around here whom I'd suspect of being mean enough to steal coal," returned Bernard, carelessly,—"except, perhaps, Stingy Willis, I don't think I'd wager that old codger wouldn't, though." Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir Gave her whole life up to the old codger ... Scattergood Baines Oh, nobody knew him personally … the silent old codger. Hillsboro People Biology is a dry subject for a girl; and I am a pretty dry old codger. Back to Methuselah And in addition to that the old codger will give her six thousand thalers in cash! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes And you can't blame us old codgers if we had a laugh at that, although it was such a powerful serious matter to the youngsters. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East Of course I apologized; but he was a persistent old codger, and demanded an explanation of my epithet. The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces His wife had died shortly after his retirement from business, and the old codger stamped in rage at the slovenliness and laziness displayed by his servants. The Torrent Entre Naranjos I imagine that you, gentlemen, are hoping to prove the old codgers insane. The Man from Brodney's Waste time driving out nowheres with an old codger like me? Alcatraz The old codger agreed to leave the final decision to you when we caught up with you. The Red One I lost my head one day and began to argue the question of perspective with a couple of old codgers who were criticizing a bit of foreshortening that was my special pet. Miss Billy's Decision Struck down from behind by an old codger with long 'air and gray whiskers. Captivating Mary Carstairs These four lively old codgers are having a good time at the tea-table, and wit is flowing free. Echoes of the War The old codger tried to catch one of the urchins. The Quest The old codger goes down the Yukon with us, stack on that, my hearty! The Red One But the poor old codger's looks would naturally be changed," he argued, "after he had spent all this time wandering around the woods--out of his mind at that. The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge or, the Hermit of Moonlight Falls But there was one old codger come along who didn't seem to like it. Under the Skylights For the matter of that you might draw out some old codger in your club and get as much as I can give you—" "Rather not! The Avalanche What a daft old codger I be getting, surely! Erema — My Father's Sin You wouldn't be able to move that old codger away from the Senate chamber with a team of oxen—once he gets to his seat. A Gentleman from Mississippi See what a rough old codger your dad is; he doesn't trim his beard; yet, somehow, you manage to kiss him. Plays The Silent Woman The chief character is Morose, a rich old codger whose humor is a horror of noise. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World "What a queer old codger Browse is!" remarked Diggory, as the big fellow moved away; "no one would ever think he was so clever." The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs That old man, gray and granite-faced, and silent, "that old codger," said the disrespectful cub of twenty-six, "should take advantage of friendship to be a nuisance,—confound him!" said David. The Iron Woman Mr. Hastings don't care for me, I know, and I hate that old codger of a Hamilton, with his sarcastic remarks and prying eyes. Dora Deane The old codger seems mightily pleased over something," mused Frank, "and I'm willing to bet a reasonable amount it isn't over any schemes for the betterment of mankind. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs Then along came the automobile, rattling down this very road,—an ancient Panhard driven by an old codger. Green Fancy Why, Bennington," he exclaimed, "what ever do you want an old codger like me for? The Shagganappi It would not be fair to his mother to explain, he said to himself;—he did not think of any unfairness to the "old codger." The Iron Woman "Here, take my card," said he; "and tell the old codger, your father, to bring you to my office to-morrow morning, at eleven." Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 "That old codger knows our people, and I'll bet a thousand on it," said Harry, angrily, when they had gone some little distance down the street. Graustark In short, your Cruchard has become an intolerable old codger, because he has been intolerant. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters There on the bank I came upon a queer old codger, looking about wildly. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" But the poor old codger's looks would naturally be changed," he argued, "after he had spent all this time wandering around the woods! out of his mind at that. The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls Well, I guess the old codger must have had a bum breakfast this morning. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man He and the governor, and two or three more old codgers, are blowing clouds till you can't see across the room; and they are sure to get at it after supper. East Lynne "And you really think you could be happy if you was the wife of an old codger like me?" Cap'n Eri "What a strange old codger," mused Elaine, looking from me at the retreating figure. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" I didn't ever tell you how envious I used to be when you were studying Greek with that old codger in Rivervale, and could talk about Athens and all that. That Fortune It makes me tired to hear of old codgers back in the thirties or forties boastin' that they retired from politics without a dollar except what they earned in their profession or business. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon I don't see but what us old codgers had better hold on a while longer to the County Clerk's office, and the Sheriff's office, and the Probate judgeship, and the presidency of the National Bank. Back Home I know I'm an old codger, but I ain't in my second childhood, not yet. Thankful's Inheritance What right have two old codgers got here, anyhow? The Drums of Jeopardy "If an old codger like that can handle one plow, I can handle two." The Valley of the Moon Generally they had nothing to say as to the situation, though occasionally some exasperated old codger would utter a grumbling bellow. The Land of Footprints He is a queer old codger, of a low order of intelligence. The Jacket (Star-Rover) We'd feel pretty glum if we got stuck in some Main Street burg and tried to wise up the old codgers to the kind of life we're used to here. Babbitt To leave you something in my will wouldn't serve at all, I'm a tough old codger and may be marked down for a hale old ninety. The Drums of Jeopardy It did not matter how she might look to an old codger, aetat. fifty-two; he didn't count. The Drums of Jeopardy "The whole thing is," he explained to Paul Riesling, "these old codgers lack the subtlety that you got to have to-day." Babbitt I'm kind of a clumsy old codger, and I need your fine Eyetalian hand. Babbitt |
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