20s

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The decade of the 2020s. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    The decade of the 1920s. plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    A range of the numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29). plural, plural-only

    "In his 20s he was a freelance window cleaner, 50p a pane, when one of his clients – a lady in Aberystwyth – asked if he would clear out a vacated property she managed."

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twenties1920s2020s

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"In his 20s he was a freelance window cleaner, 50p a pane, when one of his clients – a lady in Aberystwyth – asked if he would clear out a vacated property she managed."

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