Mideighties

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The middle years of the 1980s. plural, plural-only

    "Jerry started his career as a sportswriter in the late sixties, held titles like editor and publisher for various print publications during the seventies, was promoted to vice president of Moody Publishing in the mideighties[…]"

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"Jerry started his career as a sportswriter in the late sixties, held titles like editor and publisher for various print publications during the seventies, was promoted to vice president of Moody Publishing in the mideighties[…]"

Etymology

From mid- + eighties.

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