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  • noun See fogy.

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  • noun A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old.

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  • noun someone whose style is out of fashion

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  • I asked that old fogey in Boyd's for something for my skin.

    Joyce, Ulysses, 11

    January 7, 2007

  • I wonder what fogeys are called when they are young?

    December 17, 2007