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Definition of Twenties
1. Noun. The time of life between 20 and 30.
2. Noun. The decade from 1920 to 1929.
Definition of Twenties
1. Noun. (plural of twenty) ¹
2. Noun. Twenty-dollar bills. ¹
3. Noun. The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc. ¹
4. Noun. The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twenties
1. twenty [n] - See also: twenty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenties
Literary usage of Twenties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1870)
"THE FUNDING BILL AND THE PRICE OF FIVE-twenties. It was reported yesterday in
Wall street that the funding scheme proposed by Mr. Secretary Boutwell is not ..."
2. The American Rebellion: Letters on the American Rebellion by Samuel Aspinwall Goddard (1870)
"Had the readers of the Times, during these seven years, taken my advice with
respect to five-twenties and rebel- bonds, instead of that of the Times, ..."
3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1895)
"known, the Mayas use the vigesimal system, counting by twenties instead of by tens.
... For two twenties the character for I is placed over that for 20; ..."
4. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"Castle Garden, too, was occasionally used as a theatre for many years after the
war of 1812.' From the early twenties dates, also, ..."
5. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1895)
"known, the Mayas use the vigesimal system, counting by twenties instead of by tens.
This difference in methods is a serious, though I do not think by any ..."
6. Letters on the American Rebellion: 1860 to 1865, &c. by Samuel Aspinwall Goddard (1870)
"Had the readers of the Times, during these seven years, taken my advice with
respect to five-twenties and rebel- bonds, instead of that of the Times, ..."
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