We were watching a 1922 silent film the other day, and I spotted a term I wasn't familiar with. The quote written on the screen was "He's an old fogey, a real four-flusher." Can someone help me with this one?

The definition makes sense, but I hadn't heard of it, either. In an attempt to see if it was related to the "old fogey" term (I didn't think so), I found that one can also be a "young fogey". I had always thought of a "fogey" as someone elderly.

Thanks for the answers you two!

By the way, the movie we saw was with Harold Lloyd, called "Dr. Jack". It was shown on The Turner Classic station on cable tv. It was in excellent shape and before the movie they said it was the first time it had been shown since it was new in 1922. I highly recommend some of these old silent movies. The acting is incredible, if not funny!