DCHP-3

senior citizen

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an elderly person, especially one beyond the normal retirement age.

Quotations

1957
Nowadays doddering derelicts (I'm one) are lovingly called Senior Citizens, with $46 a month for doing nothing.
1960
At the other end of the temporal scale we find the elderly subjected to the indignity of being called "a senior citizen." A senior citizen is somebody who is old and can't afford it. Better to be called "a dirty old man." At least you have color.
1966
The residents have no opposition to senior citizens units on the Land--"fill it full of senior citizens homes if you want."