Top-age

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the oldest age permitted to participate in a competition, and therefore ineligible to participate in its next season. Australia, not-comparable

    "2013 Peter Ryan, Marsh, Langdon play the name game Australian Football League, 8 December 2013. Accessed 9 May 2019. He had spent the year wisely, co-captain of the Sandringham Dragons as a top-age player in the TAC Cup, and playing half a dozen games with the Sandringham Zebras, testing his mettle against big bodies, before an elbow injury cut his season short."

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"2013 Peter Ryan, Marsh, Langdon play the name game Australian Football League, 8 December 2013. Accessed 9 May 2019. He had spent the year wisely, co-captain of the Sandringham Dragons as a top-age player in the TAC Cup, and playing half a dozen games with the Sandringham Zebras, testing his mettle against big bodies, before an elbow injury cut his season short."

Etymology

From top + age.

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