Twenties

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  twenties
       n 1: the time of life between 20 and 30 [syn: {mid-twenties}]
       2: the decade from 1920 to 1929 [syn: {1920s}]