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Definition of Fifties
1. Noun. The decade from 1950 to 1959.
2. Noun. The time of life between 50 and 60.
Definition of Fifties
1. Noun. (plural of fifty) ¹
2. Noun. Fifty-dollar bills. ¹
3. Noun. The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc. ¹
4. Noun. The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fifties
1. fifty [n] - See also: fifty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifties
Literary usage of Fifties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"Hearing is generally thought to be totally deficient in fifties, ... The eye, in
almod all fifties, is covered with the fame ..."
2. English Farming Past & Present by Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1917)
"So far as the standard of the highest farming is concerned, agriculture has made
but little advance since the " fifties." The last twenty-six years of the ..."
3. Recollections of a Long Life, 1829-1915 by Isaac Stephenson (1915)
"CHAPTER IX Prosperity of the early fifties — High cost of living — Beginning of
work on ... Provisions were higher in the fifties than at any time since. ..."
4. Labour Legislation, Labour Movements, and Labour Leaders by George Howell (1902)
"CHAPTER XIV LABOUR MOVEMENTS AND STRIKES IN THE fifties. III. STRIKES and lock-outs
were so prolific in the fifties, and the numbers involved were so large, ..."
5. Labour Legislation, Labour Movements, and Labour Leaders by George Howell (1902)
"CHAPTER XIV LABOUR MOVEMENTS AND STRIKES IN THE fifties ... STRIKES and lock-outs
were so prolific in the fifties, and the numbers involved were so large, ..."
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