thirties
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English
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[edit]- (of the decade) 'thirties
Noun
[edit]thirties
Noun
[edit]thirties pl (plural only)
- A decade starting with the year xx30, most usually the decade from 1930 to 1939.
- It says here on your resume that your last job was as a streetcorner apple vendor―that's quite a thirties profession!
- 1975, Michael T. Isenberg, “An Ambiguous Pacifism: A Retrospective on World War I Films, 1930–1938”, in Journal of Popular Film, volume 4, number 2, , page 109:
- The Road to Glory, while not the best, was likewise not the least of the thirties films which may justly be called "anti-war" in both intent and execution.
- The decade of one's life from age 30 through age 39.
- He looked to be in his thirties.
- (temperature, rates) The range between 30 and 39.
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[edit]1930s
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age 30-39
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]thirties (not comparable)
- From or evoking the 31st through 40th years of a century (chiefly the 1930s).
- Yearslong droughts? How thirties!
- 1990, Catherine George, Come Back to Me, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 58:
- 'Something light and airy for this last burst of summer, non?' said Madame, and held up a dress in creamy pink crêpe-de-Chine. 'Very thirties, n'est-ce pas? I adore this fabric—so fluid, so graceful.'