Fifties
[fɪftɪz]
Definition
(noun.) the time of life between 50 and 60.
(noun.) the decade from 1950 to 1959.
Editor: Percival--From WordNet
Definition
(pl. ) of Fifty
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- With the flies a falling into the gallipots by fifties! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My aunt is full of copy-book axioms, but they were all meant to apply to conduct in the early fifties. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- On the second day, the number of Hindoos travelling in my direction had increased to fifties and hundreds. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Roberta