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Definition of
middle-age spread noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
middle-age spread
noun
noun
(
also
middle-aged spread
)
[
uncountable
]
(
humorous
)
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the fat around the stomach that some people develop in middle age
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middle-age spread
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