- an old cadger
- affect
старый хрыч
I looked at this marvellous old cadger laughing his head off.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.
an old cadger
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codger — /koj euhr/, n. an eccentric man, esp. one who is old. [1750 60; perh. var. of obs. cadger; see CADGE] * * * … Universalium
