Forties
[fɔ:ti:z]
Definition
(noun.) the time of life between 40 and 50.
(noun.) the decade from 1940 to 1949.
Typist: Suzy--From WordNet
Definition
(n. pl.) See Forty.
(pl. ) of Forty
Edited by Claudette
Examples
- It was this intensely interesting side of bee life that attracted the attention of a clergyman in failing health, forced to seek out-of-door occupation, in the early forties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Their use was known to our seafaring men in the forties, for it was in that decade that Capt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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