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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Twenties

Twenty \Twen"ty\, n.; pl. Twenties.

  1. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.

  2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
twenties

1829 as the years of someone's life between 20 and 29; 1830 as the third decade of years in a given century. See twenty.

Wiktionary
twenties

alt. 1 (plural of twenty English) 2 Twenty-dollar bills. 3 The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc. 4 The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29. n. 1 (plural of twenty English) 2 Twenty-dollar bills. 3 The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc. 4 The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.

WordNet
twenties
  1. n. the time of life between 20 and 30 [syn: mid-twenties]

  2. the decade from 1920 to 1929 [syn: 1920s]

Wikipedia
Twenties

Twenties may refer to:

  • 20s
  • 1920s
  • 2020s
  • being in your twenties, the third decade of life, see young adult.

Usage examples of "twenties".

Coast Guard and hijacking gangs, so by the later twenties organized crime in Detroit forced most independent rumrunners out of business.

Even during its heyday in the late twenties, members openly denied the existence of any underworld organization called the Purple Gang.

During the mid to late twenties, he was actively involved in the operations of the Oakland Sugar House and Purple Gangs.

During the late twenties Joe Bernstein would also be loosely linked to the narcotics racket by Federal authorities.

During the twenties the squad was renamed and reorganized as the Crime and Bomb Squad, and later as the Special Investigations Squad.

The contestants in the Twenties needed undisturbed rest, therefore nights in the dormitories were as quiet as death.

No one who had reached the finals in the Twenties could possibly be a weak opponent, but this one, Irolg, was the pick of the lot.

Others had died before during the Twenties, and death during the last round was in some ways easier than defeat.

Brion looked at him again and felt the impression of things so important that he himself, his insults, even the Twenties were of no more interest than dust motes in the air.

The Twenties were more than just a contest--they became a way of life that satisfied all the physical, competitive and intellectual needs of this unusual planet.

Imagine that you have glimpsed the great idea of the Twenties and you want to convince others.

The normal Anvharian education is an excellent one, and participation in the Twenties has given you a general and advanced education second to none in the galaxy.

But I won the Twenties too, remember, also without knowing a thing about empathy at the time.

This, combined with the reflexes of a Winner of the Twenties, was barely enough to enable him to survive.

The Twenties are such a big thing at home that it is hard to imagine that anything else exists while you are still taking part in them.