middle-age spread
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A cartoon on the front of the shows a man at breakfast, reading a story that urges him to "eat more butter" and telling his wife that "middle-age spread is good for you".
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2013
To a potential inductee whose middle-age spread will no doubt fill to overflowing the unyielding dimensions of a G.I. trouser, there comes encouragement indeed.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1957, for example, Fawcett paid $100,000 for rights to James Gould Cozzens' novel of emotional middle-age spread, By Love Possessed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lands' End wins friends by populating its catalog with real people, complete with wrinkles and middle-age spread.
From Time Magazine Archive
In recent years, though, Pan Am has been overtaken by symptoms of middle-age spread.
From Time Magazine Archive
