I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with "codger."

This is in honor of my father-in-law, who passed away fairly recently, used to refer to himself as a "codger" and was the nicest guy I can even imagine.

Unfortunately, I now appear to be the family codger. Hmmm?

I'll get rid of the obvious one - living in someone else's house.

Duck these things in the twentyfourthandahalfth cennnnturyyyyy!?

#2 I'll give you a three for one; but none of them is Crambo.

#3 Sounds kind of like it would be related to space ships or future fantasy; not areas where I have any knowledge. I'll take one stab at it, but I'm still thinking.

In the process of checking #3, I went to a couple of rhyming sites. Wow! I should have looked before I started. Let's eliminate a lot of them; Crambo does not end in "er."

Not: boarder, lodger, renter, Voyager

The things referred to in #3 were once also seen at Ebbets Field but now, I understand, in Los Angeles. (But yes, it doesn't match the -er criterion...)

#4 The way it's stated gives me pause
But, it seems like Dodger to fit the clause.

Not: boarder, lodger, renter, Voyager, dodger

Alpha not: boarder, dodger, lodger, renter, Voyager

An Indian prince or ruler - sub-continental of course?

#7 No princes or any other royalty, Indian or otherwise.

Depending on the spelling used, Crambo is either 1 letter or 2 letters longer than the most commonly used and well known name of an Indian prince. There are a number of other names for Indian princes, but we'll leave them behind as well.

I also think Crambo is a somewhat closer rhyme to codger, although US pronunciation and UK, et al related pronunciation of Crambo may differ slightly. I don't know if this is a hint or a diversion???

Not: boarder, lodger, renter, Voyager, dodger, rajah, raja

Alpha not: boarder, dodger, lodger, raja, rajah, renter, Voyager

We crossed the steppe west,
Ukraine was but a pest.
We cleared the Soviet mess
But how do we dispose of Fidesz?

#9 Ah, I'm woefully ignorant about east European politics, although an avid NY Times & Economist reader.

Per Wikipedia: Fidesz seems to be an anti-communist political party in Hungary. Or, a party in Romania representing minority Hungarians there. Looking at Fidesz on Twitter shows some reported anti-Roma comments by Hungarian party members with negative comments by posters and some non-democratic ways. That leads me to believe that you're looking for a term related to a coup d-'etat, getting them or voting them out of office. Could we define your word a different way, you could be close perhaps?

Note change in last sentence due to edit.

My word isn't even English (or any more so than raja is), and the extent of its rhymingness with "codger" is debatable.

"Tim the
__ __ __ __ __ __ " is a bad
guy in Noyes's narrative poem
"The Highwayman"

I ruled out the 2nd word of an old 1940s film title: The __ __ D G __ __ starring
Merle Oberon and Laird Cregar, because its rhymingness with "codger" is NOT debatable.

#11 Would most or, at least some significant number of English speakers, know the word? I'd wager that most would know raja or rajah. Any clues that would get me on track?

#12 First part: Anyone for hay? Second part: 1944, "The Lodger," in the "not" category previously, I didn't see or know of any other films that fit. Not much debate about the rhyme with codger.

Merle Oberon was one exotic, attractive woman (not to get myself styled as a sexist pig).

Cranbo doesn't end in "er." Cranbo is a noun (most commonly) and contains 6 letters.

Not: boarder, lodger, renter, Voyager, dodger, rajah, raja. ostler

Alpha not: boarder, dodger, lodger, ostler, raja, rajah, renter, Voyager

#9 is an ethnonym.

Is it the name of a certain 1980's rabbit who was framed?

#9, 11 & 14 I'm going to take a stab in the semi-darkness here. And, I'm going to zero in on Hungarian ethnic appellations; here goes... Magyar and Hungri and various somewhat similar names tied to Hungri, none of which are Crambo. The rhyme seems a stretch, Magyar seeming closest. Do I have a glimmer of light, darsu? I do remember the term "Magyar" on Hungarian stamps from my stamp collecting as a kid.

#15 No bunnies, cartoon or otherwise, in Crambo. The cartoon character/live people mixed movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was fun and silly, as I recall, as long as you approached it lightly.

Cranbo doesn't end in "er." Cranbo is a noun (most commonly) and contains 6 letters. However, Cranbo is not a proper noun.

Not: boarder, lodger, renter, Voyager, dodger, rajah, raja. ostler, Roger, Magyar, Hungri

Alpha not: boarder, dodger, Hungri, lodger, Magyar, ostler, raja, rajah, renter, Roger, Voyager

(Yeah, magyar was it. No guess in this post, I can't think of anything right now)

#17 Whew! Thanks for the note.

Since we have had a quiet period with no guesses, let's add another hint. Crambo is a quite common word in current usage, in other words, not archaic. The former hints (from #16), still valid, are:

Crambo doesn't end in "er." Crambo is a noun (most commonly) and contains 6 letters. However, Crambo is not a proper noun.

We are as mendicants who wait
Along the roadside in the sun.

#20 Usually there is a religious coloration to what-I-think-is-Rod's-word-guess & clue. Crambo sometimes, but not always, has such a religious tinge to it. Your guess is in the right spirit (word play purposeful :) ).

Not: boarder, lodger, renter, Voyager, dodger, rajah, raja. ostler, Roger, Magyar, Hungri, beggar

Alpha not: beggar, boarder, dodger, Hungri, lodger, Magyar, ostler, raja, rajah, renter, Roger, Voyager

If this goes on much longer I shall be cured of my addiction to Crambo.

#22 Oldstick, I hope that's not true, although I'm a bit worn as well.

On the way to an addiction "cure" someone frequently helps the addict along and leads them to a happy result. I'm sure there must be other words that fit the "er" sound profile without using the "er" ending.

Not: boarder, lodger, renter, Voyager, dodger, rajah, raja. ostler, Roger, Magyar, Hungri, beggar, counselor, closure.

Alpha not: beggar, boarder, closure, counselor, dodger, Hungri, lodger, Magyar, ostler, raja, rajah, renter, Roger, Voyager

All the hints in #19 apply still and:

Jesus, Mohandas Gandhi a/k/a Mahatma Gandhi, Joan of Arc a/k/a The Maid of Orleans, Joseph Smith, et al

I did actually mean the person who cures but it wasn't a true rhyme, anyway.I feel like the person who says, I give up, when playing I -spy!

#24 Good day, Oldstick and others.

The one word answer to Crambo is what we seek.*
This Crambo round has made me quite meek.
We've now taken just over a week.
I fear all this now is making me weak.

What did you expect, Shakespeare? :)

Not: boarder, lodger, renter, Voyager, dodger, rajah, raja. ostler, Roger, Magyar, Hungri, beggar, counselor, closure, doctor.

Alpha not: beggar, boarder, closure, counselor, doctor, dodger, Hungri, lodger, Magyar, ostler, raja, rajah, renter, Roger, Voyager

* The key; the last two lines of #23.

As W C Fields would say, "Drat!": The "near-but not quite" words rhyming with "codger" that I can think of
all DO end in "-er"! And the Crambo! Word doesnʻt, according to #16.

;But Iʻll
try: "M __ __ __ __ __".
According to John S Daly
the first 25 or so of popes
all get an "M" for
__ __ __ __ __ __, as well as an "S" for "Saint".
THe rhyme-scheme? It isnʻt exactly Danteque. Itʻs more: "Dunt Esk!"

It was with some trepidation that I used martyr here. I did check a number, three as I recall, of rhyming sites on the fountain-of-all-knowledge, the internet (mild humor here*), before using it. I, not that I'm a language whiz, have pronounced the word as ending in "ter" (Google's pronunciation concurs according to my ears), which seems a reasonable rhyme in my book and comparable to other rhymes in Crambo here. Milt Gross also concurred, but did it via Ouija Board rather than the internet since he is deceased (more mild humor here*).

In any event, Roland with "martyr" is the winner here and is ready to start a new Crambo round, I trust.

* It is sad when one must point to his humor. Apparently, I'm not very funny.

P.S. Roland, after I wrote the above and posted it, I asked my wife what she thought. The result was, "not a very good rhyme." We're back to "Dunt Esk!"