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nineties
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nineties \nineties\ n. pl.
1. The decade from 1890 to 1899; as, the gay nineties.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The decade from 1990 to 1999; as, they spent a ton of
money to solve the Y2K bug in the nineties.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. The time of life between ages 90 and 100.
Syn: mid-nineties.
[WordNet 1.5]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ninety \Nine"ty\, n.; pl. Nineties. 1. The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc. [1913 Webster]
