Meanings (ES + gloss)
carcamal
A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.
"You've heard of him, of course?" "I'm rather an old fogey, as Caroline tells me," I said, "but I have just heard of him."
[T]he old fogies, as you call them, at Bays’s, are some of the first gentlemen in England, of whom you youngsters had best learn a little manners, and a little breeding, and a litt…
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