1820s
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- noun
- The industry of commercial laundry was born in the late 1820s when Hannah Montague invented the design of the detached collar.
- the early 1820s
- the late 1820s
Examples
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The Cherokee linguist Sequoyah developed the Cherokee syllabary in the early 1820s, making it possible to write in the Cherokee language.
Academic text (2011) -
During the 1820s and the 1830s, increasing numbers of Blacks attended public schools.
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In that spirit, Ben's family left Washington County in the 1820s.
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In the 1820s, the Democrats elected a man who would uphold their principles.
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By contrast, since 1994, the court has experienced the longest interval without turnover since the early 1820s.
Academic text (2003) -
Essentially similar variations of this story have been reproduced since the 1820s.
Academic text (2001) -
The majority of Irish departures for the New World in the 1820s were still from Ulster ports to Canada.
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By the late 1820s, the Choctaws had all but eliminated the scourge of liquor among their people.
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By the 1820s, however, the Cherokees had established their nation's capital, press, judiciary, and legislature inside Georgia's claim.
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In the 1820s, many technological advancements transformed daily life in new ways.
Surface Forms
Morphology
1820s = 1820 (transparent) = 1820 + s
Regular plural/decade formation: numeral '1820' plus plural 's' clearly indicates the years 1820–1829.
Etymology
1820S names the decade from 1820 to 1829. It is made from the year 1820 plus the ending -s to mean 'the years of that decade', just like when we say the 1920s or the '90s.