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Definition of
fogey noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
fogey
noun
(
also
fogy
)
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈfoʊɡi
/
/
(
pl.
fogeys
or
fogies
)
(
usually disapproving
)
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a person with old-fashioned ideas that he or she is unwilling to change
He sounds like such an
old fogey
!
See
fogey
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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fog
verb
fogbound
adjective
fogey
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foggy
adjective
foghorn
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