Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ragged; tattered; having a disreputable appearance.
- noun A little rag.
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Examples
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I'll be the first to admit I'm the originally fuddy-duddy, but there's something about this anime-style, Facebook approach to the periodic table that's remarkably engaging.
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I'll be the first to admit I'm the originally fuddy-duddy, but there's something about this anime-style, Facebook approach to the periodic table that's remarkably engaging.
Chicken Spaghetti: 2009
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Chrysler, in an apparent attempt to shed its fuddy-duddy image after all, they boast about being the originator and ruler of the minivan world, for a buddy-buddy one, tried desperately to show the world they were hip during an overly scripted press conference.
2011 Detroit Auto Show: Will Chrysler wordsmith their way to success? 2011
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London and Paris perhaps - fuddy duddy DC, um not so much.
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Meanwhile, Vogue dresses Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in pretty clothes and claims that she could never, ever wear such things in "fuddy-duddy" D.C. Our critic Robin Givhan calls out Vogue (and maybe Gillibrand?), saying there's "nothing career-damaging, gossip-worthy or problematic" by D.C. standards in the senator's fashion-spread clothes, and in fact, plenty of women here dress like that, so get over yourself, New Yorkers.
Read this: Katie O'Malley on Kendel Ehrlich, and vice versa; Kirsten Gillibrand's clothes The Reliable Source 2010
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Maybe I am an old fuddy duddy but there is something pleasing about opening a bottle that has a real cork.
Vent your spleen: synthetic corks! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I am no fuddy duddy but I am embarrassed by my wife's behavior.
Barbara Greenberg: The Problem With Dressing Like Your Teen Barbara Greenberg 2012
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Have I become such a fuddy duddy post mid-life crisis?
Abe Gurko: What's With the New York Times Movie Reviewers?!? Abe Gurko 2011
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I am no fuddy duddy but I am embarrassed by my wife's behavior.
Barbara Greenberg: The Problem With Dressing Like Your Teen Barbara Greenberg 2012
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“Negro dialect” is a fuddy-duddy term for what some have called Ebonics, Black English, and other things, and it is a real linguistic phenomenon.
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