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mauve decade

American  

noun

  1. the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.


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But that mauve decade had died long ago, long before its ten years were up.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shades of Europe's mauve decade had become old-fashioned memories; Huneker's men of the hour were but ghosts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Craig Biddle, 68, gay blade of the mauve decade, socialite, sportsman; of a heart ailment; in Wakefield, R.I.

From Time Magazine Archive

British literary critics of the mauve decade were mildly amused by a gifted young man who called his very first book The Works of Max Beerbohm.

From Time Magazine Archive

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