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nineteen-fifties

nineteen-fifties is the alternative form of 1950s.

Meaning of 1950s

Noun

1950s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade beginning in 1950 and ending in 1959.
    • Gerassi discussed the parallels between the witchhunt directed against gay men in Boise during the 1950s and the recent arrests of twelve men charged with sex offenses in Revere.1978 April 1, “Author Gerassi Speaks on the Parallels Between Boise and Boston”, in Gay Community News, page 3

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Questions about nineteen-fifties

What is nineteen-fifties the alternative form of?
Nineteen-fifties is the alternative form of 1950s.

Words near nineteen-fifties in the dictionary

  1. nineteen hand
  2. nineteen hands
  3. nineteen hundred
  4. nineteen hundreds
  5. nineteen to the dozen
  6. nineteen-fifties
  7. nineteenfold
  8. nineteenish
  9. nineteenness
  10. nineteenpence
  11. nineteens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nineteen-fifties (page history and authors); 1950s (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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