geezer
(noun) a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
Source: WordNet® 3.1
geezer (plural geezers)
(informal, chiefly, British, dated in US) A male person.
Synonym: Thesaurus:man
(UK, chiefly, Cockney, slang) Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.
Synonyms: spiv, wide boy
(UK, slang) Term of address for a male.
Synonyms: mate, Thesaurus:friend
(informal, chiefly, US, sometimes, mildly, derogatory) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
Synonym: Thesaurus:old man
(South Africa) Alternative form of geyser (“domestic water boiler”)
(archaic, British, slang) Wife; old woman.
Synonyms: Thesaurus:wife, Thesaurus:old woman
• greeze
Source: Wiktionary
Gee"zer, n. [Dial. corrupt. of Guiser a mummer.]
Definition: A queer old fellow; an old chap; an old woman. [Contemptuous, Slang or Dial.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
