Meaning of Fifties | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.
   plural, plural-only
2. The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.
   plural, plural-only
3. The range between 50 and 59 Fahrenheit.
   plural, plural-only

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Examples

“I will probably be dead by the fifties.”

“The fifties were the heyday of the excursion train, with the 1851 Exhibition naturally giving a great boost to such traffic.”

“America in the fifties also had its share of reactionary political violence.”

“You don't really start living until you're in your fifties!”

“[…] doing variations on Old Devil Moon on trumpet, backed by an aging hippy on drums, a stringbeany, college student type on upright bass, and a balding man in his fifties playing an effectively understated piano.”

“Albrecht Lein reports that the core of the Braunschweig Antifa was made up of KPD and SPD members in their forties and fifties who had avoided the front, though Catholic workers’ organizations and other forces were also involved.”

“It can't snow tonight; it's forecast to be in the fifties!”

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