Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forties"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forties \For"ties\, n. pl.
See {Forty}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forty \For"ty\, n.; pl. {Forties} (-t[i^]z).
1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
forties
n 1: the time of life between 40 and 50 [syn: {mid-forties}]
2: the decade from 1940 to 1949 [syn: {1940s}]
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