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Definition of Nonagenarians
1. nonagenarian [n] - See also: nonagenarian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonagenarians
Literary usage of Nonagenarians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1828)
"Future returns may be expected to exhibit a greater number of nonagenarians, but
the new doctrine is, that fewer people die in the earlier stages of ..."
2. Selections from the Imaginary Conversations of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1899)
"nonagenarians were Izaak Walton, Thomas Hobbes, and Samuel Rogers. Landor came
within four months of ... We are not used to dealing with nonagenarians. ..."
3. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"Colonel Perkins, of Connecticut, died recently after celebrating his centennial
anniversary. Among nonagenarians, three whose names are well ..."
4. Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile, Including a Side by Henry Stephens (1920)
"It is distant from the hotel by a seven and a half minutes' walk ; nonagenarians
walk it in fifteen minutes. The signs, therefore, read "To the Bosque of ..."
5. Over the Teacups by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"Colonel Perkins, of Connecticut, died recently after celebrating his centennial
anniversary. Among nonagenarians, three whose names are well ..."
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