midseventies

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English

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Etymology

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From mid- +‎ seventies.

Noun

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midseventies pl (plural only)

  1. The middle years of the 1970s.
    • 2011, Matt Warshaw, The History of Surfing, page 305:
      In the midseventies, just as the Naughton-Peterson stories were becoming popular, surfers everywhere were becoming familiar with Uluwatu, a glistening temple-fronted break located on the southwest corner of Bali.
  2. The middle years between 70 and 80 years old.
    • 1958, Harold Robert Isaacs, Scratches on Our Minds: American Views of China and India:
      Teng himself, now in his midseventies, had moved in and out of limbo several times.