Courtney T. Edison, a radio broadcaster and 78 rpm record archivist popularly known as "The Old Codger," passed away Wednesday evening in his bunker on Springdale Avenue, in East Orange, New Jersey. His age was estimated to be 146.

What does the old codger mean?

: an often mildly eccentric and usually elderly fellow old codger.

Where did the word old codger come from?

"Codger" derives, not from falconry, but from the verb "cadge," which once meant "to carry about." During the 1400s itinerant peddlers cadged their wares — butter, eggs, poultry, fake Rolex watches — from town to town and so became known as "cadgers."