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What (who) is curmudgeon - definition
curmudgeon
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Curmudgeon (disambiguation); Curmudgeons
n.
Miser, niggard, churl, hunks, skinflint, scrimp, lickpenny, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.
Curmudgeon
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Curmudgeon (disambiguation); Curmudgeons
·noun An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
curmudgeon
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Curmudgeon (disambiguation); Curmudgeons
[k?:'m?d?(?)n]
¦ noun a bad-tempered or surly person.
Derivatives
curmudgeonliness noun
curmudgeonly adjective
Origin
C16: of unknown origin.
Examples of use of curmudgeon
1. Chabon‘s Holmes is a solitary curmudgeon retired in 1'44 in the English countryside.
2. The curmudgeon thing has been done before, but by gum, he nails it.
3. Another literary curmudgeon whose advice I keep in mind is Kingsley Amis.
4. Which is perhaps why TV‘s favourite curmudgeon starred in a programme called One Foot in the Grave.
5. But I think the kids would still have memories of me as a fun dad rather than an old curmudgeon.