Crossword-Solution: FOGY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Fogy | n. | A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REEAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with FOGY (5)
The Fogy and the Sheik A Fogy who lived in a cave near a great caravan route returned to his home one day and saw, near by, a great concourse of men and animals, and in their midst a tower, at the foot of which something with wheels smoked and panted like an exhausted horse.
Each winter on his first appearance at one of these clubs, some kindly disposed old fogy is sure to present him to a circle of the members, and he finds himself indiscriminately shaking hands with Judges and Colonels.
But when he saw Arthur colour, he went on relentingly, “My part, you know, is always that of the old fogy who sees nothing to admire in the young folks.
The ghost was a sombre spectral shape, A fine old five-act fogy, The goblin imp, a lithe young ape, A fine low-comedy bogy.
The only line to fitly grace My humble tomb, when I’ve run my race, Is, “Reader, this is the resting-place Of an unsuccessful duffer.” I’ve fought them all, these ghosts of mine, But the weapons I’ve used are sighs and brine, And now that I’m nearly forty-nine, Old age is my chiefest bogy; For my hair is thinning away at the crown, And the silver fights with the worn-out brown; And a general verdict sets me down As an irreclaimable fogy.
Quotes with FOGY (2)
In Woody Allen movies people stood in line for Ingmar Bergman films or Holocaust documentaries talking up media theory to pass the time. At 16 that was my idea of fun. Now that I live in New York I can tell you that people lined up for tickets don't debate theory. They talk about cute guys at the gym or whether or not they live within walking distance of a Krispy Kreme. I was such a young fogy that growing up involved becoming less mature.
I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as part of the orchestra, and installation sound, and speakers.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 43 times in crossword archives (1955–2022).