Geezer
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“You are a silly young geezer.”
“See⟳ the hoverboard-riding geezer? This close⟳ to payin' a G for a shot of my cousin Calvin's molars.”
“Geezers need⟳ excitement / If their lives don't provide⟳ 'em this, they incite violence / Common sense⟳, simple common sense⟳”
“He turned out to be a proper geezer who was willing to listen⟳ to my proposition that if he took the door at the Ministry, I would pay⟳ him £400 a month to mark⟳ my cards.”
“He was a bit of a geezer. Used to box with the Krays when he was a young 'un.”
“When I'd first met Adam, at work⟳ when we were both 23, the fact that he seemed a little rough around the edges appealed to me. He was a bit of a geezer, a joker, one of the lads.”
“Hi, geezer, you alright?”
“In the right-hand division lay⟳ the two old geezers, as Sandy styled the landlord and his wife.”
“The technical term for a female geezer is "old broad," but this is irrelevant, as nobody in Hollywood makes films about women over 55.”
“Why Geezer? Why would a fine arts gallery choose⟳ a name⟳ that conjures images of a grumpy old guy sitting on the front porch hollering, “get⟳ off my lawn”?”
“He'd flirt and boat, but never wrote / A note⟳ to his old geezer.”
“This frizzle-headed old geezer had a chin on her as rough well, as rough as her family, and they're rough 'uns.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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