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codger-hood

codger-hood is the alternative form of codgerhood.

Meaning of codgerhood

Noun

codgerhood (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.
    • I am feeling a touch of performance anxiety. James Brewer has already knocked down my sense of agelessness a notch or two with the news that my brain is shrinking. Now I am subjecting myself to a test that might reveal me to be prematurely transforming into mental codger-hood.2009 May, David Ewing Duncan, “Experimental Brain”, in Corey S. Powell, Patrice G. Adcroft, Michael F. Di Ioia, editors, Discover, page 67

Questions about codger-hood

What is codger-hood the alternative form of?
Codger-hood is the alternative form of codgerhood.

Words near codger-hood in the dictionary

  1. codfishing
  2. Codford
  3. codge
  4. codged
  5. codger
  6. codger-hood
  7. codgerhood
  8. codgerly
  9. codgers
  10. codges
  11. codgier

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