- fogies
- fo·gy || 'fəʊgɪ n. conservative, old-fashioned person, person who dislikes change
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Fogies — Fogy Fo gy, n.; pl. {Fogies}. 1. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over conservative, or slow; usually preceded by old; an {old fogy}. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Old fogies — old folk, usually infers a lack of understanding of modern (young) thinking … Dictionary of Australian slang
old fogies — Australian Slang old folk, usually infers a lack of understanding of modern (young) thinking … English dialects glossary
fogey — Fogy Fo gy, n.; pl. {Fogies}. 1. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over conservative, or slow; usually preceded by old; an {old fogy}. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fogie — Fogy Fo gy, n.; pl. {Fogies}. 1. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over conservative, or slow; usually preceded by old; an {old fogy}. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fogy — Fo gy, n.; pl. {Fogies}. 1. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over conservative, or slow; usually preceded by old; an {old fogy}. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
old fogy — Fogy Fo gy, n.; pl. {Fogies}. 1. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over conservative, or slow; usually preceded by old; an {old fogy}. [Written also {fogie} and {fogey}.] [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fogy — fogyish, adj. fogyism, n. /foh gee/, n., pl. fogies. an excessively conservative or old fashioned person, esp. one who is intellectually dull (usually prec. by old): The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century. Also,… … Universalium
fogy — also fogey noun (plural fogies; also fogeys) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1780 a person with old fashioned ideas usually used with old • fogyish or fogeyish adjective • fogyism or fogeyism noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Bohumil Hrabal — (pronounced|ˈboɦumɪl ˈɦrabal) (March 28 1914, Brno February 3 1997, Prague) was a famous Czech writer. Life and work Born in Brno Židenice, Moravia, he lived briefly in Polná, but was raised in the Nymburk brewery as the manager s stepson. Hrabal … Wikipedia
