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Definition of Elderlies
1. elderly [n] - See also: elderly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elderlies
Literary usage of Elderlies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Sporting Magazine (1835)
"... "unsportsmanlike," and joined a bevy of elderlies who preferred the turnpike.
... and too fast for the elderlies, remained to ride home with the hounds, ..."
2. Stray Reveries by Ashbel Green Vermilye (1897)
"We go to a party, as per invitation; the young folks want to dance, and we, the
elderlies of a past generation, are informed how beautiful we would look as ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"Lots of omnibuses, carts, acd cabs. Most ot the female sex in a 'urry 'ere, and
wants to go on by 'bus. Lots of elderlies as get» ..."
4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1885)
"The fair elderlies then confine themselves to snug apartments which command a
view of some sensitive weathercock So long as its head remains between north ..."
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