thirties

thirties
noun
1. the time of life between 30 and 40 (Freq. 1)
Hypernyms: ↑time of life
Part Holonyms: ↑adulthood, ↑maturity
2. the decade from 1930 to 1939
Syn: ↑1930s
Hypernyms: ↑decade, ↑decennary, ↑decennium

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thirˈties plural noun
1. The numbers from 30 to 39
2. The years so numbered in life or any century
3. A range of temperatures from thirty to just under forty degrees
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Main Entry:thirty

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  • thirties — 1827 as the years of someone s life between 30 and 39; 1830 as a decade of years in a given century. See THIRTY (Cf. thirty) …   Etymology dictionary

  • thirties — see eighties …   Modern English usage

  • Thirties — Thirty Thir ty, n.; pl. {Thirties}. 1. The sum of three tens, or twenty and ten; thirty units or objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol expressing thirty, as 30, or XXX. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thirties — noun a) A decade starting with the year xx30, most usually the decade from 1930 to 1939. He looked to be in his thirties. b) The decade of ones life from age 30 through age 39 …   Wiktionary

  • thirties — n. years between 1930 and 1939 thir·ty || θɜrtɪ / θɜːtɪ n. number 30 adj. being 30 in number …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mid-thirties — n. the time of life between 30 and 40. Syn: thirties, thirty something. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dirty thirties — 1930s, when drought caused hardship on the prairie; dirty thirties    During the dirty thirties, soil drifted into the ditches and crops wouldn t grow …   English idioms

  • Seven-thirties — Sev en thir ties, n. pl. A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hungry thirties — See dirty thirties …   English idioms

  • mid-thirties — noun the time of life between 30 and 40 (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑thirties, ↑thirty something • Hypernyms: ↑time of life • Part Holonyms: ↑adulthood, ↑maturity …   Useful english dictionary

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