1975 — James C. Humes, Podium Humor: A Raconteur's Treasury of Witty and Humorous Stories, Harper & Row (1985), →ISBN, pages 25-26:
It's like an association test a codgy old Church of England dean once gave to a young man who was hoping to win a church-endowed scholarship to Oxford.
1992 — George H. W. Bush, speech in Plymouth, Michigan on 26 September 1992 (transcript from the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum):
And he wants to put more with those codgy old subcommittee chairmen in Washington.
1995 — Bob Dole, speech in Los Angeles, California on 31 May 1995 (transcript from The American Presidency Project):
My voice and the rising voices of millions of other Americans who share this view represent more than the codgy old attempt of one generation to steal the fun of another.
1998 — Justin Matott, A Harvest of Reflections: Wisdom for the Soul Through the Seasons, Ballantine Books (1998), →ISBN, page 45:
I imagined encountering a codgy farmer with a long-barreled shotgun — someone I had no desire to confront!
2000 — Sarah Bush Walker, Running Full Circle, iUniverse (2000), →ISBN, page 105:
Two hours later, he found himself pacing outside the little office off the lobby of the terminal, determined to out-wait the codgy old bastard.
2006 — Joseph Laudati, In Darkness It Dwells, Medallion Press (2006), →ISBN, pages 461-462:
And these weren't codgy old farmers or doped-up school kids.
"Why, Mr. Sickert, you codgy old bastard! You'd like that, wouldn't you? […]
2011 — Charles Solbrig, LaserSTAR: The Space Defense Chronicles, AuthorHouse (2011), →ISBN, page 460:
Every time John thought about how his wife had survived because their house had withstood the flood so much better than his neighbors, he gave thanks to the builder — a codgy old man they'd gotten very mad at at the time.
