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Roaring Twenties

Roaring Twenties proper noun: the 1920s, referring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the period.

Proper noun

the Roaring Twenties pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The 1920s, referring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the period.
    • The economic boom and the “speculative orgy” that pervaded the Roaring Twenties faded abruptly during late October 1929 with the stock market crash (sometimes called the “Great Crash”) that precipitated the rise of The Great Depression.2012, Armando Navarro, Global Capitalist Crisis and the Second Great Depression, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 13

Words that rhyme with Roaring Twenties

Questions about Roaring Twenties

What does Roaring Twenties mean?
Roaring Twenties means the 1920s, referring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the period.
What part of speech is Roaring Twenties?
Roaring Twenties is a proper noun.

Words near Roaring Twenties in the dictionary

  1. roaring off
  2. roaring on
  3. roaring out
  4. roaring success
  5. roaring successes
  6. Roaring Twenties
  7. roaringly
  8. roarings
  9. Roark
  10. Roarke
  11. Roarks

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