1920s

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Noun
  1. 1
    The decade from 1920 to 1929. plural, plural-only

    "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."

  2. 2
    the decade from 1920 to 1929 wordnet

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twenties'20s20s20sreferring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the periodroaring twenties

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"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."

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