X48b

Or, if a person is not so young anymore, you might say, “He’s ________.”

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

GETTING UP THERE	8
NO SPRING CHICKEN	7
GETTING UP IN AGE	3
OVER THE HILL	3
GETTING ON IN AGE	2
NOT A SPRING CHICKEN	2
OLD	2
OLDER THAN DIRT	2
PAST HIS PRIME	2
PRETTY NEAR [AGE]	2
A GEEZER	1
AT THE TWILIGHT OF HIS YEARS	1
GETTING OLD	1
GETTING ON	1
OLD AS DIRT	1
PUSHING	1

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