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Noun: twenties  twen-teez
  1. The time of life between 20 and 30
    "In her mid-twenties, she decided to change careers";
    - mid-twenties
     
  2. The decade from 1920 to 1929
    "The 1920s are often referred to as the Roaring Twenties";
    - 1920s
Noun: twenty  twen-(t)ee
  1. The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
    "She had twenty guests at her birthday party";
    - 20, XX
     
  2. A United States bill worth 20 dollars
    "He tipped the valet with a twenty dollar bill";
    - twenty dollar bill

Type of: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill [N. Amer], banknote, bill [N. Amer], decade, decennary [archaic], decennium, Federal Reserve note [US], government note [US], greenback [US, informal], large integer, note, time of life

Part of: adulthood, maturity

Encyclopedia: Twenties

Twenty, England