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The time of life between 50 and 60
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fifties
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the decade from 1950 to 1959 [syn: 1950s ] the time of life between 50 and 60 [syn: mid-fifties ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
fifties \fifties\ n. the decade from 1950 to 1959. the time of life between 50 and 60. Syn: mid-fifties.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1826 as the years of someone's life between 50 and 59; 1853 as the sixth decade of years in a given century. See fifty .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (fifty English) 2 Fifty-dollar bills. 3 The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc. 4 The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59. n. 1 (fifty English) 2 Fifty-dollar bills. 3 The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc. 4 The decade of one's life from ...
Usage examples of fifties.
Though her age was impossible to determine, Dione guessed her to be at least in her fifties, possibly sixties.
The house had been remodeled in the fifties and no longer resembled the original frame structure.
It was white cotton, sleeveless, with a scoop neck, and far too flimsy for the temperature, which was probably only in the fifties, but it suited her mood perfectly.
The older man, perhaps in his early fifties, had light brown hair that had gone mostly gray.
The recliner was occupied now by a dazed-looking man in his late forties or early fifties, probably the victim’s husband.
It was a neat, solid little bungalow, typical of houses built in the fifties, though it had been spruced up with a cool, sand-colored paint and enlivened with the kind of touches women put on their nests, the trim done in what he thought of as ice cream colors, which only women and gays knew the names for.
The house was small, only five rooms, and had been built back in the fifties, but it had been remodeled and modernized with an eye toward selling it.
The old guy looked as frail as a toothpick, but he was all dressed up like something out of the fifties, and all I could think was that he was trying to get her in bed.
He was a thickly built man, probably in his fifties, whose wide shoulders and barrel chest gave the impression of an almost brutish strength.
She had simply walked north until she was too tired to walk any farther, then taken refuge in the storage building behind a fifties style ranch house.
His head turned toward two newcomers, a trim, good-looking man, in his fifties perhaps, with a gray mustache and gray hair, and an older, heavier man who looked as battered as some old fighter.
This one was older, probably in his fifties, with a close-cropped gray-and-brown beard, and not much taller than she was.
She was a pleasant, graying dumpling of a woman, in her late fifties, with the kind of round, cheerful face that looked most natural when wreathed in a smile.
It just so happens there’ll be times when I’ll have both fifties, such as when I’m shot or when I’m pregnant.
Beginning in the fifties, there was a real fight for the soul of the Democratic Party.