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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
codger
 
SYLLABICATION:codg·er
PRONUNCIATION:  kjr
NOUN: Informal A somewhat eccentric man, especially an old one.
ETYMOLOGY:Perhaps alteration of obsolete cadger, peddler. See cadge.
 
 
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