-something

-something
-something [sum′thiŋ]
combining form forming adjectives
1. of, relating to, being, or for a person of an age one to nine years more than (a specified multiple of ten) [fortysomething, or in one's forties]
2. of a quantity one to nine more than (a specified multiple of ten) [60-something people at the party]

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