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1830s

1830s noun: the decade from 1830 to 1839.

Noun

1830s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade from 1830 to 1839.
    • During the 1830s and 1840s, ready-made standardized shoes and clothing increasingly challenged the custom-made products of small handicraft workshops.1993, Ronald Aminzade, Ballots and Barricades: Class Formation and Republican Politics in France, 1830-1871, page 68
    • He made his fortune during the presteel era of Pittsburgh's development — the period before Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick — beginning in the 1820s and 1830s with a start in pharmaceuticals and white lead.2001, William Alan Blair, William Pencak, Making and Remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War, page 107

Questions about 1830s

What does 1830s mean?
1830s means the decade from 1830 to 1839.
What part of speech is 1830s?
1830s is a noun.

Words near 1830s in the dictionary

  1. 1800s
  2. 180s
  3. 180°
  4. 1810s
  5. 1820s
  6. 1830s
  7. 1840s
  8. 1850s
  9. 1860s
  10. 18650
  11. 18650s

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