thirties
Variant of thirty
thirty (t̸hʉrt′ē)
adjective
Etymology: LME thirti, metathetic for thritti < OE thritig < thri, three + -tig, -ty
noun pl. thirties -·ties
- the cardinal number between twenty-nine and thirty-one; 30; XXX
- ☆
Etymology: prob. orig. telegraphers' code for a concluding sentence
this number used to signify the end of a dispatch, story, etc., as for a newspaper
the thirties
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