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  • Raeanne Dimickundefined Offline
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    A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or
    depreciatory appellation.

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      [an old] [person]. Derives from [coffin dodger]

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        The origin of [codger] seems to lie in the complex links between [cadger] and codger (not as a contraction of coffin-dodger, as one of my more inventive correspondents has suggested). In some parts of England the two words were used interchangeably, whereas in other regions they were separate words, one meaning beggar and the other eccentric/grotesque fellow. The latter meaning is the one used in an early example of old codger, David [Garricks] [farce] [Bon] Ton, 1775:
        [My Lords] servants call you an old out-of-fashiond [Codger].
        Men who had fallen on hard times and had resorted to any means possible to keep body and soul together were often those who were too old to find work. A cadger was likely to be a [grizzled] character wanting to borrow or steal from you; a codger was a peculiar and unfashionable chap, and both were likely to be old. Old codger is most likely to be the linguistic merging of all those images.

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          Usually following the word old;
          [a coffin] [dodger], an old person who moans about their arthritis. They have little hair on their head, but compensate by [tufts] sprouting from their ears and noses (male) chins and top lips (female).
          They dispise anything that anyone under 30 may do.
          Cant manage to drive more than 30mph, and only drive on Sundays.

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            a [mean] [dirty old man].....[maybe] you?

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              A tender homosexual found in County [Dublin], Ireland which originates from County [Cavan], Ireland. A [codger] will refuse any banter or serious drinking sessions.

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                [Someone] like XirtamVotf

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