Oughts

//ɑːts// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of ought form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of aughts (“first decade of a century”). alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

    "He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts."

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"He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts."

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