craigslist ad looking for actor to play Thomas Edison

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Role:
Thomas Edison/Tom - 45-60. A likeable curmudgeon with a sly sense of humor and wisdom bourne of experience. Powerful, confident and tireless. Always at work, fueled by the lure of useful invention.

LOL, I had to look up the word "curmudgeon".


cur⋅mudg⋅eon
  /kərˈmʌdʒən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ker-muhj-uhn] –noun
a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

Origin:
1570–80; unexplained; perh. cur- repr. cur

cur·mudg·eon (kər-mŭj'ən)
n. An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.

Related forms:
cur⋅mudg⋅eon⋅ly, adjective

Synonyms:
grouch, crank, bear, sourpuss, crosspatch.

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