the roaring twentiesnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌrɔː.rɪŋ ˈtwen.tiz/us/ˌrɔːr.ɪŋ ˈtwen.t̬iz/the years between 1920 and 1930, when society was returning to normal after the First World War and the general mood was positive
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Twentieth century
- art deco
- Axis Powers
- baby-boomer
- boomer
- D-Day
- flapper
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- Georgian
- holocaust
- National Socialism
- Nazi
- postwar
- pre-war
- prohibition
- the final solution
- the Gestapo
- the Great Depression
- WWI
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