1970s
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The decade beginning in 1970 and ending in 1979. plural, plural-only
"Joybubbles (the legal name of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis. […] Well before the mid-1970s, when digitalization ended the tone-based system, Joybubbles had stopped stealing calls."
- 2 the decade from 1970 to 1979 wordnet
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More examples"Joybubbles (the legal name of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis. […] Well before the mid-1970s, when digitalization ended the tone-based system, Joybubbles had stopped stealing calls."
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