Noun, : The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century. From Dictionary.com.
And after that Job thought the preacher at Gold City was a little old fogyish. From Wordnik.com. [The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras] Reference
Doubtless he is old-fogyish but from his long association with our family he knows the Forsyth traditions and what the head of the House of Forsyth should be. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
Carelessness is engendered by the thought that such work can be handled in a rough and rapid way, and, further, by the ridicule of all these things, which we have learned to be careful about, as old-fogyish, out-of-fashion, and archaic. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation.] Reference
His style is wooden; his personality is old fogyish. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
I won't have you call yourself old -- or fogyish, either!. From Wordnik.com. [Raspberry Jam] Reference
We are thought of, and not infrequently referred to by our contemporaries, as old-fogyish, and out of date. From Wordnik.com. [The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921] Reference
I was old-fogyish enough to suppose that in your official capacity you were the servant of the people, and that both. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Hand Book. 1898. Prepared by the State Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina] Reference
They had no opportunity to learn of improvements and proper methods, or to get out of and away from fogyish and narrow ideas. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Young Men's Christian Association Movement in North Carolina. 1857-1888. Read before the Twelfth Annual State Convention in Charlotte, N.C., April 21, 1888, and Published by the Executive Committee at the Request of the Convention] Reference
That of mother is becoming decidedly old fogyish, and to-day your fine lady takes care that her maternal instincts shall be smothered, and that her family shall not increase beyond a convenient number. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the Great City] Reference
David might some day come to know that there was a fogyish, bachelor doctor who was almost a father in the same sort of way -- almost, but not quite, for the child had been left not to him, but to her. From Wordnik.com. [A Melody in Silver] Reference
I was a very old lady - much of my physical strength abated - and old people by reason of age were almost sure to become garrulous, talked too much (if they have impatient kinspeople) and were set in their ways of thinking as well as of saying and doing things, and are old-fogyish in regard to modern methods and activities. From Wordnik.com. [Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth,] Reference
I’m an old fogy–I’m 45–so fogyish, in fact, that I didn’t even know YouTube existed until about a month ago. From Wordnik.com. [Brookering a deal: The first YouTube celebrity | EW.com] Reference
I have noticed that young people are much more apt to be influenced by those only a few years older than themselves than they are by persons whose ideas they may regard as antiquated or old-fogyish. ". From Wordnik.com. [Raftmates A Story of the Great River] Reference
It is old fogyish, but chock full of interest. From Wordnik.com. [Artemus Ward] Reference
Synonyms: bourgeois, cautious, constant, controlled, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fogyish, fuddy-duddy, guarded, hard hat, hidebound, holding to, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road, not extreme, obstinate, old guard, old-line, orthodox, quiet, red-neck, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, undaring, unimaginative, unprogressive, white bread. From Wordnik.com. [American Coastopia!] Reference
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