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on the shady side of

on the shady side of preposition: beyond (a specified age); older than.

Preposition

on the shady side of

  1. Beyond (a specified age); older than.
    • a man on the shady side of fifty
    • Alice Marriot, a personator of male characters, who was on the shady side of forty at the time of her Galveston visit—and who had lost the “mold of form” of her early years1962, Joseph Gallegly, Footlights on the Border

Questions about on the shady side of

What does on the shady side of mean?
On the shady side of means beyond (a specified age); older than.
What part of speech is on the shady side of?
On the shady side of is a preposition.

Words near on the shady side of in the dictionary

  1. on the same wavelength
  2. on the sauce
  3. on the scene
  4. on the scoot
  5. on the scrounge
  6. on the shady side of
  7. on the shelf
  8. on the sick
  9. on the side
  10. on the side of the angels
  11. on the skew

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