Are you going to turn curmudgeon, too, like George and the rest of them?
But he's a crusty old curmudgeon, and I never hanker much to have him around.
I took the thing seriously, and I let every mean-fisted curmudgeon and crazy fanatic worry me, and keep me on pins and needles.
She'll be glad to get away from that old curmudgeon for a week.
What a selfish old curmudgeon he had been, always thinking of himself and his own likes and dislikes!