forties

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

forties
    n 1: the time of life between 40 and 50 [syn: {forties}, {mid-
         forties}]
    2: the decade from 1940 to 1949 [syn: {forties}, {1940s}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Forties \For"ties\, n. pl.
   See {Forty}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Forty \For"ty\, n.; pl. {Forties} (-t[i^]z).
   1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
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   2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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