50s

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50s pl (plural only)

1. The decade of the 1950s.

   Synonyms: 1950s, fifties

   • 2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     “It’s possible when we started building research stations in the 50s and 60s words like ‘boondoggle’ might have been common at that time and it became a regular part of speech … in Antarctic culture it can take on a life of its own.”

2. Temperatures from 50 to 59 degrees.