of a certain age

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someone of a certain age (humorous)

used to avoid saying that a person, usually a woman, is no longer young but is not yet old. It's a clothes boutique which caters for women of a certain age.

See also: age, certain

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In spite of the fact that she has become, as the phrase goes, "a person of a certain age," she was still remarkably good-looking. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context Young as we both were, we still admired "the woman of a certain age," that is to say, the woman between thirty-five and forty. The Message by de Balzac, Honore View in context "Your daughter is in HIGH SPIRITS to-night," observed a single lady of a certain age, who was sitting near Mrs. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context More results

References in classic literature

In spite of the fact that she has become, as the phrase goes, "a person of a certain age," she was still remarkably good-looking.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context

Young as we both were, we still admired "the woman of a certain age," that is to say, the woman between thirty-five and forty.

The Message by de Balzac, Honore View in context

"Your daughter is in HIGH SPIRITS to-night," observed a single lady of a certain age, who was sitting near Mrs.

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

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