As I am quickly approaching my 75th year, I had to chuckle at Danny Heitman’s definition of a “codger” (“Envy the Old Codger,” op-ed, June 6). I wander in public wearing clothing that my wife frowns ...

Unexpectedly, young voters seem also to appreciate Paul’s grandfatherly anti-charisma: his self-presentation as a good-natured old codger, charmingly baffled by the modern world. The ill-fitting suits ...

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The Four Tops’ “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” is one of Motown’s most beloved No. 1 hits. But if it hadn’t been for Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier’s flirtatious grandfather, the song ...

An inquiry came recently to hand from a gentleman somewhere in Cyberspace. He asked, "What is the difference between a codger, a geezer and a coot?" This is the kind of question that keeps a writer ...

A creaky train wreck of a man, the Cloaked Codger of Whiskey Ditch had long ago lived his prime life. By the early 1930s, having been reduced to a mere shell of a being, this gasping, grimy, wretch of ...

What are the origins of the terms "codger" and "whippersnapper"? Is there such a thing as a young codger or an old whippersnapper? Whippersnapper is easy. Codger is a bit more complicated. Some people ...

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Wisconsin’s common folk, with an air of affectionate proprietorship, called him “the old man.” They liked to think of the big, rumpled man in the governor’s chair, puffing his pipe, nibbling cheese, ...