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mideighties

mideighties noun: the middle years of the 1980s.

Noun

mideighties pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The middle years of the 1980s.
    • Jerry started his career as a sportswriter in the late sixties, held titles like editor and publisher for various print publications during the seventies, was promoted to vice president of Moody Publishing in the mideighties[…]2013, Amanda Jenkins, Confessions of a Raging Perfectionist, page 14

Origin of mideighties

From mid- + eighties.

Questions about mideighties

What does mideighties mean?
Mideighties means the middle years of the 1980s.
What part of speech is mideighties?
Mideighties is a noun.

Words near mideighties in the dictionary

  1. Mideast
  2. Mideastern
  3. Mideasterner
  4. Mideasterners
  5. midecamycin
  6. mideighties
  7. midembryogenesis
  8. midengine
  9. midengined
  10. midepidemic
  11. midepigastric

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