50s

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The decade of the 1950s. plural, plural-only

    "“It’s possible when we started building research stations in the 50s and 60s words like ‘boondoggle’ might have been common at that time and it became a regular part of speech … in Antarctic culture it can take on a life of its own.”"

  2. 2
    A range of the numbers fifty (50) to fifty-nine (59). plural, plural-only

    "No way you're in your 50s! I find that hard to believe."

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1950s1950sfifties

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"“It’s possible when we started building research stations in the 50s and 60s words like ‘boondoggle’ might have been common at that time and it became a regular part of speech … in Antarctic culture it can take on a life of its own.”"

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