(n.) A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ironic that an experimental music veteran with 20 years behind him should be leading a fresh charge into the 90s, setting up the framework for Autechre, Aphex Twin and the whole intelligent dance music (IDM) scene, but the rise of sampling, rave and techno was the realisation of a music that codgers like Kirk had only been able to dream of decades earlier, prior to the arrival of the technology.
(2) Photograph: John Whale At Christmas my son gave me a large box labelled "The Old Codgers Glastonbury Survival Kit".
(3) Two backbenchers – one an old codger on the way down, the other a newcomer on the way up – are called upon to propose the ‘Humble Address’ when the Commons reconvenes.
(4) "The NHS is not for sale, you grey-haired manky codger!"
(5) At the same time, a repeat of BBC1 old codgers drama New Tricks won the slot, pulling in 4.8 million viewers, a 21% share, enough to beat ITV1's The Bill, which had 4 million and 18%.
(6) Judith McGrath Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands • We old codgers are not complacent of youth (Owen Jones, Opinion , 4 February), merely slightly surprised that its radical aspirations are merely to have a slice of the middle-class lifestyle we enjoy and wish to preserve.
Lodger
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ursula Nevin, 24, of Stretford, slept through the riots, but was jailed for five months after admitting handling stolen goods looted by her lodger.
(2) But as "excluded occupiers" without tenancies, lodgers have very few rights and can be easily evicted if something goes wrong (the landlord only has to give "reasonable notice").
(3) Get a lodger in If it's just your clothes horse that lives in the spare room, consider getting in a real person.
(4) Last year his mother, her boyfriend and their lodger were convicted of causing or allowing his death.
(5) "The government is advising these families to consider taking in a lodger to make up the financial shortfall, but none of these families have a spare room available because the rooms are already being used.
(6) The rise of the landlord-lodger arrangement could help utilise the estimated 15 million unused bedrooms in England alone, giving renters more options and helping squeezed families and retirees cope with the higher cost of living.
(7) The idea of taking in a lodger is as old as the hills, but there are now a host of other ways to make a bit of money out of allowing people to stay in your home – on terms that suit your needs and lifestyle.
(8) Other support includes advising on handling debt and avoiding payday loan companies; working with the local credit union; looking at ways to increase self-esteem, confidence and employability skills to help residents secure employment; helping vulnerable people fill in forms; and discussing options such as taking in a lodger.
(9) A lodger can occupy a single room or an entire floor of your home.
(10) According to the latest figures from insurance firm LV=, the number of people renting a spare room has nearly doubled in the past five years: 2.7% of UK homeowners now have a lodger, compared with 1.4% in 2009.
(11) The plumber and gas engineer became a lodger in London after splitting up with a girlfriend over a year ago.
(12) Theresa May's scheme requiring all private landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants and lodgers has run straight into trouble with the Liberal Democrats , who have voiced concerns that it will increase homelessness and drive migrants underground into the hands of unscrupulous landlords.
(13) The last place I was a lodger wasn't a great - a little bit cold and regimental.
(14) Housing charity Shelter is backing calls to raise the threshold to £7,500 to match the reality of today's rents (the average annual rent for a room let to a lodger stands at £5,593, rising to £7,667 in London).
(15) Homeowners will be able to receive as much as £7,500 in rent from lodgers without having to pay tax, compared with the current ‘rent a room’ limit of £4,250.
(16) The family is planning to use the loft area as an extra bedroom for a lodger to raise money.
(17) Yet a growing number of homeowners are enjoying a tax-free income boost by taking in a lodger.
(18) A woman who spent a week in prison separated from her two young children after she handled a pair of shorts looted from Manchester city centre by her lodger during the riots has been freed on appeal.
(19) Opening the case, Michael Morley said Nevin – who has no previous convictions – had the "misfortune" to have Gemma Corbett as a lodger.
(20) This means that just over 70% of your before-tax salary would be going on mortgage repayments which doesn't leave much change for other bills even taking into account rent from a lodger and possible maintenance payments for your children from your ex.