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Definition of Nineties

1. Noun. The decade from 1890 to 1899.

2. Noun. The decade from 1990 to 1999.

3. Noun. The time of life between 90 and 100.

Definition of Nineties

1. Noun. (plural of ninety) ¹

2. Noun. The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc. ¹

3. Noun. The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nineties

1. ninety [n] - See also: ninety

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nineties

nineteen twenty-one nineteen twenty-seven nineteen twenty-six nineteen twenty-three nineteen twenty-two nineteenish nineteenness nineteenpence nineteens nineteenth

nineteenth hole nineteenthly nineteenths nineth ninethly nineties (current term) ninetieth ninetieths ninety ninety-day wonder

ninety-eight ninety-eighth ninety-eighths ninety-fifth ninety-first ninety-five ninety-four ninety-fourth ninety-nine ninety-nines

Literary usage of Nineties

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Drama of England by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1917)
"CHAPTER VIII THE BUSY nineties IN a fascinating volume entitled The Eighteen ... This spirit of the nineties had developed some years before in the vision ..."

2. History of Hall County, Nebraska: A Narrative of the Past with Special by August F. Buechler, Robert J. Barr, Dale P. Stough (1920)
"Paul O. Weinhold was in the bakery business through the 'nineties, ... The A. Beer bakery at 309 W. Third was continued into the 'nineties as the Palace ..."

3. Sixty Years with the Bible: A Record of Experience by William Newton Clarke (1909)
"... VI THE nineties IN the first week of the nineties my old teacher in Systematic Theology, who had been inspiring ..."

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