Definitions for fifth avenue

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Fifth Avenue(noun)

    an avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. fifth avenue

    1. The widow's chance. 2. A rabbit-warren. 3. The underworld of the upper world. (Fifth Avenue begins at the Washington Arch and really ends at Fifty-ninth Street. Above Fifty-ninth Street one goes into the sacred precincts of monasteries and nunneries. In this district the inhabitants are divided into two classes: those who barely live and those who live barely.)


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