Roaring Twenties

plural noun

1. the 1920s regarded as a boisterous era of prosperity, fast cars, jazz, speakeasies, and wild youth.

Roaring Twenties

1. The 1920s in the United States, called “roaring” because of the exuberant, freewheeling popular culture of the decade. The Roaring Twenties was a time when many people defied Prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards. (See flappers and Jazz Age.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Roaring Twenties¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

“The glamour of the Roaring Twenties is something I really want to capture,” Gareth Banner, Ned’s managing director, said in a Washington Post feature on the DC property.

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The Roaring Twenties really are back.

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Their works are shown alongside classical sculpture, as well as posters, fashion and photography from the "Roaring Twenties" - a decade that saw dramatic economic and social change.

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About halfway through, he abruptly wakes up as a woman, and continues on, barely aging, until the story ends in the Roaring Twenties.

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It’s a term not commonplace today, but in the Roaring Twenties, it often turned up in headlines and news stories.

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