Talk:Iron Age

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1. Any dark or depressing era, characteristic of malice, oppression, war, poverty, suffering, etc. Opposite of golden age.
2. A time of poor or controversial progress or achievement in a particular field, as opposed to golden age.

Both seem to be rare figurative use of the classical w:Ages of Man. This is in contrast to the much more common golden age. DCDuring TALK 10:57, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

I'd probably merge them and put (figuratively). Mglovesfun (talk) 09:03, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, senses removed. —Ruakh_TALK 05:26, 5 December 2009 (UTC)