nineteens

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The nineteens are the numbers from nineteen through nineteen—that is, just nineteen itself, though the form parallels teens, twenties, thirties.

More commonly, nineteens refers to years: the nineteen-hundreds (1900–1999) or specifically 1910–1919.

In golf, the nineteenth hole is the clubhouse bar, visited after eighteen holes: We'll settle this at the nineteenth.

teens

puberty

Sexual development stage

freshman · sophomore · junior · senior · coming-of-age · identity · self-discovery · peer pressure · acne · growth spurt

1910s

Great War

1914-1918 global conflict

Model T · silent film · radio · Bolshevik · Red Scare · League of Nations · transatlantic · Zeppelin · influenza · trench warfare

1920s

flappers

1920s modern young women

prohibition · Charleston · bootleggers · Harlem Renaissance · stock market · Gatsby · flapper dress · phonograph · Bauhaus · talkies

vintage

antique

Old valued collectible

heirloom · collectible · period · heritage · patina · authentic · relic · bygone · memorabilia · restoration

Opposites
adjacent decades/numbers

nineteenstwenties

Third decade of life

eighteens · teens · thirties · tens

Phrases
Family

nineteen, nineteenth

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G