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top-age

top-age adjective: of the oldest age permitted to participate in a competition, and therefore ineligible to participate in its next season.

Adjective

top-age (not comparable)

  1. (Australia) Of the oldest age permitted to participate in a competition, and therefore ineligible to participate in its next season.
    • He had spent the year wisely, co-captain of the Sandringham Dragons as a top-age player in the TAC Cup, and playing half a dozen games with the Sandringham Zebras, testing his mettle against big bodies, before an elbow injury cut his season short.2013 Peter Ryan, Marsh, Langdon play the name game Australian Football League, 8 December 2013. Accessed 9 May 2019.

Origin of top-age

From top + age.

Questions about top-age

What does top-age mean?
Top-age means of the oldest age permitted to participate in a competition, and therefore ineligible to participate in its next season.
What part of speech is top-age?
Top-age is an adjective.

Words near top-age in the dictionary

  1. top to toe
  2. top tube
  3. top tubes
  4. top up
  5. top whack
  6. top-age
  7. top-aged
  8. top-armour
  9. top-armours
  10. top-bill
  11. top-billed

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