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seventysomething

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  • noun countable, colloquial A person aged between 70 and 79 years.
  • noun uncountable, colloquial An age of 70 to 79 years.

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Examples

  • Bert and Jill Harrison are typical One Tree customers: they're retired, seventysomething, town residents for 16 years, and committed shoppers and coffee drinkers here.

    Independent bookshops: a day in the life of Hampshire's One Tree Books 2011

  • Ali had one new friend, a seventysomething nun named Sister Anselm.

    Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011

  • Ali had one new friend, a seventysomething nun named Sister Anselm.

    Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011

  • As I waited for dessert, Albert Minott, the seventysomething lead singer of Baker's new/old act, the Jolly Boys, tuned up a few feet away.

    Special Report: Hidden Caribbean Forbes Life Staff 2010

  • My amateur sleuth, a seventysomething Japanese American gardener, is grappling with some young man while his tomboyish daughter stands holding a smoking gun.

    March 2008 2008

  • My amateur sleuth, a seventysomething Japanese American gardener, is grappling with some young man while his tomboyish daughter stands holding a smoking gun.

    Of Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2008

  • Here's a description of the film thanks to IMDB. com: "In this" coming of old age "story, a seventysomething hero, alongside his clueless wilderness ranger sidekick, travels the globe, fighting beasts and villains, and eating dinner at 3: 30 in the afternoon."

    Pixar’s UP poster 2008

  • The body of a seventysomething man makes more than twice as much estrogen as that of a woman the same age.

    Understanding “Perimenopause” 2008

  • Wurman is a seventysomething graphic designer and author of 81 books, who garnered fame and adulation among the elite in technology, art and entertainment with his foresightful, insightful TED conferences of the 1990s.

    Son Of TED 2006

  • He was a short, bald, seventysomething-year-old in a white T-shirt, dark Bermuda shorts, and a black belt that was superfluous except that it matched his slip-on slippers.

    Courting Trouble Scottoline, Lisa 1993

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