change of life

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Noun

change of life (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, dated, euphemistic) Menopause.
   • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 17, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)‎^[1], Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:

     But of course she's coming near her change of life, for she's years older than he is.