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Fifth Avenue U.S.
The name of a fashionable street in central New York City, used fig. to denote fashion, elegance, or high society. Freq. attrib.
[1857San Francisco Call 15 Mar. 1/2 The class of the ‘Fifth Avenuedity!’] 1858Spirit of Times 27 Feb. 409/3 The Fifth Avenue does not drive out or walk out on Sunday. They do not consider it to be in good taste. 1869J. H. Browne Great Metropolis 520 A charming Fifth avenue belle is soon to be led to the altar by a prominent member of the stock board. 1907F. H. Burnett in Century Mag. Mar. 673/2 She had understood and cared, American as she was! She had felt it all, even with the hideous background of Fifth Avenue behind her. 1946Coronet Oct. 129/1 Thousands of New Yorkers..satisfy Fifth Avenue tastes on a five-and-ten budget. 1972D. Lees Zodiac 8 His cream sports trousers had a Fifth Avenue look. |