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twenty-firsters

twenty-firsters is the plural of twenty-firster.

Meaning of twenty-firster

Noun

twenty-firster (plural twenty-firsters)

  1. (informal) A person's 21st birthday.
    • On his twenty-firster his father, in a characteristic gesture, had given him an Indian servant, and when Sandys was at the Embassy in Berlin, this splendid creature appeared at his dinner parties in a long white coat, rows of medals […]1954, Labour Research, volume 43, page 188

Questions about twenty-firsters

What is twenty-firsters the plural of?
Twenty-firsters is the plural of twenty-firster.

Words near twenty-firsters in the dictionary

  1. twenty-eleven
  2. twenty-fifth
  3. twenty-fifths
  4. twenty-first
  5. twenty-firster
  6. twenty-firsters
  7. twenty-firstly
  8. twenty-firsts
  9. twenty-five
  10. twenty-five cent word
  11. twenty-five cent words

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