That was more than a quarter-century ago.
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Quarter-century
Synonyms for "quarter-century"
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10 translations across 10 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- çerekshekull noun (period of twenty-five years)
Czech
1 entries- čtvrtstoletí noun (period of twenty-five years)
Dutch
1 entries- kwarteeuw noun (period of twenty-five years)
Esperanto
1 entries- kvaronjarcento noun (period of twenty-five years)
Estonian
1 entries- veerandsajand noun (period of twenty-five years)
French
1 entries- quart de siècle noun (period of twenty-five years)
German
1 entries- Vierteljahrhundtert noun (period of twenty-five years)
Japanese
1 entries- 四半世紀 noun (period of twenty-five years)
Polish
1 entries- ćwierćwiecze noun (period of twenty-five years)
Slovak
1 entries- štvrťstoročie noun (period of twenty-five years)
Sample sentences
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In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed.
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I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university And refusing to take in what had happened since […]
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