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1920s
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English
Alternative forms
en 1920's
Noun
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The decade from 1920 to 1929.
en 1971 Gwen White Antique Toys And Their Background 163 In the 1920s, the golly was used as a trademark for Robertson's Marmalade, and a little cut-out paper figure was popped into the stone jars between a circle of greaseproof paper and the lid.
en 2007-01-02 Dina Kraft From Far Beneath the Israeli Desert, Water Sustains a Fertile Enterprise w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/science/02fish.html The history of fish-farming in nondesert areas here, mostly in the Galilee region near the sea, dates back to the late 1920s, before Israel was established as a state. https://web.archive.org/web/20220712052741/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/science/02fish.html 12 July 2022
en 2011 John Bradley Cadbury's Purple Reign: The Story Behind Chocolate's Best-Loved Brand Their business model of the 1920s and 1930s, which had catapulted the business to undreamt-of heights, had then turned into something of a ball and chain.
Synonyms
en '20s, en 20s, en twenties
en Roaring Twenties, referring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the period.
Translations
the decade from 1920 to 1929 twenties
See also
en Decades