Definitions
being ten more than thirty
Word origin
From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.
Used in a sentence
“'Tis forty years this very day, Since you and I, old girl, were married.”
“It's on, wrap my lips around the forty / And when it comes to getting another stogie […] Grab your forty, let's get keyed”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Four tens”5 letters
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