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Of a certain age

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  1. 1
    Middle-aged or older. euphemistic

    "Near-synonyms: (indeterminate) getting on in years, on in years, long in the tooth; (past middle age) older, senior, elderly, geriatric; see also Thesaurus:elderly"

Etymology

Perhaps a calque of French d'un certain âge.

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