youth-and-old-age

[ yooth-uhn-ohld-eyj, -uhnd ]

/ ˈyuθ ənˌoʊldˈeɪdʒ, -ənd /

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noun

a stiff-growing, erect composite plant, Zinnia elegans, of Mexico, having large, solitary flowers with yellow-to-purple disks and usually red rays.

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Origin of youth-and-old-age

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

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His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
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