Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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CODGER
Construct:
Noun
Definition:
A foolish person.
Use:
'Isn't it awful?', he would say, 'what a man has to put up with from an ould codger like him.'
(Murphy)
Derivation:
See
Cod
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and note Turkish 'Kodjah' - and old man or woman.
(Brewer)
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