Definition of Thirties

1. Noun. The time of life between 30 and 40.

Exact synonyms: Mid-thirties, Thirty-something
Generic synonyms: Time Of Life
Group relationships: Adulthood, Maturity

2. Noun. The decade from 1930 to 1939.
Exact synonyms: 1930s
Generic synonyms: Decade, Decennary, Decennium

Definition of Thirties

1. Noun. (plural of thirty) ¹

2. Noun. (pluralonly) A decade starting with the year xx30, most usually the decade from 1930 to 1939. ¹

3. Noun. (pluralonly) The decade of one's life from age 30 through age 39. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thirties

1. thirty [n] - See also: thirty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirties

thirsts
thirsty
thirsty(p)
thirsty work
thirteen
thirteen hundred
thirteenfold
thirteenish
thirteenness
thirteenpence
thirteenpenny
thirteens
thirteenth
thirteenthly
thirteenths
thirties (current term)
thirtieth
thirtiethly
thirtieths
thirty
thirty-eight
thirty-eighth
thirty-fifth
thirty-first
thirty-five
thirty-four
thirty-fourth
thirty-nine
thirty-ninth
thirty-one

Literary usage of Thirties

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

1. My Recollections (1909)
"CHAPTER II IN THE thirties Children's parties in the 'thirties : A fight for a partner, the looker-on wins the prize : Mrs. ..."

2. The Party Battles of the Jackson Period by Claude Gernade Bowers (1922)
"THE PARTY BATTLES OF THE JACKSON PERIOD • • • CHAPTER I THE WASHINGTON OF THE thirties THE tourist traveling from Philadelphia to Washington in the thirties ..."

3. Recollections of President Lincoln and His Administration by Lucius Eugene Chittenden (1904)
"The necessities of war created several new kinds of paper money, and in some cases invented new names for them, such as " demand notes," " seven-thirties," ..."

4. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1900)
"WVB WITH THE WITS OF THE 'thirties THE ten years of the 'thirties are a period concerning whose literary history the ordinary reader knows next to nothing. ..."

5. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"WVB WITH THE WITS OF THE 'thirties ^1 IHE ten years of the 'thirties are a period concerning• whose I literary history the ordinary reader knows next to ..."

6. In Old New York by Thomas Allibone Janvier (1894)
"A STAGE IN THE thirties It was built by Captain Warren on a scale of elegance appropriate to one who had only to drop across to the Leeward Islands and ..."

7. The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century by Alfred William Benn (1906)
"3 Nothing proves the reactionary spirit of the thirties better than the fate of the celebrated Appropriation Clause. It will be remembered that Lord Grey, ..."

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