Gay Nineties

American  

plural noun

1. the 1890s in the United States, a period regarded nostalgically as a decade of prosperous comfort and associated with gaslights, early bicycles and cars, and the Gibson girl.

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Gay Nineties

The Kaufman and James recordings sound more like something out of the buttoned-up Gay Nineties than the libertine Roaring ’20s or the Big Band Era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Bill’s New York City The restaurateur Curt Huegel has had his eye on the venerable Bill’s Gay Nineties for many years.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2016

In particular, I keep thinking about the fate of Bill’s Gay Nineties.

From Time ● Jan. 10, 2013

It was called “The Gay Nineties of Maplewood.”

From Washington Post

It was a picture of a Gay Nineties couple on a bicycle built for two.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut