"retiracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retiracies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} retiracy (usually uncountable, plural retiracies)
  1. (US, dated, chiefly humorous) retirement Tags: US, dated, humorous, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-retiracy-en-noun-C4DIQLMh Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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