Jazz Age

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noun

the period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity, liberated or hedonistic social behavior, Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor, and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated ballroom dances.

Origin of Jazz Age

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Words nearby Jazz Age

Jayne, Jay's Treaty, jayvee, jaywalk, jazz, Jazz Age, jazz band, jazz dance, jazzed, jazzercise, jazz-fusion

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Example sentences from the Web for Jazz Age

Appointment in Samarra is an unlikely hybrid, a Jazz-Age novel set amidst the early throes of the Depression.
John O’Hara’s Mean, Lean Debut Novel Never Gives In to Despair|Nathaniel Rich|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Jazz Age

jazz age

noun

the jazz age (often capitals) (esp in the US) the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression during which jazz became popular

Word Origin for jazz age

C20: popularized by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who called a collection of his short stories Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)

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Cultural definitions for Jazz Age

Jazz Age

The 1920s in the United States, a decade marked not only by the popularity of jazz, but also by attacks on convention in many areas of American life. (See flappers and Roaring Twenties.)

单词	jazz age
释义	Jazz Age SEE SYNONYMS FOR Jazz Age ON THESAURUS.COM noun the period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity, liberated or hedonistic social behavior, Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor, and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated ballroom dances. Origin of Jazz Age An Americanism dating back to 1920–25 Words nearby Jazz Age Jayne, Jay's Treaty, jayvee, jaywalk, jazz, Jazz Age, jazz band, jazz dance, jazzed, jazzercise, jazz-fusion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Jazz Age Appointment in Samarra is an unlikely hybrid, a Jazz-Age novel set amidst the early throes of the Depression. John O’Hara’s Mean, Lean Debut Novel Never Gives In to Despair\|Nathaniel Rich\|April 30, 2014\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for Jazz Age jazz age noun the jazz age (often capitals) (esp in the US) the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression during which jazz became popular Word Origin for jazz age C20: popularized by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who called a collection of his short stories Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Jazz Age Jazz Age The 1920s in the United States, a decade marked not only by the popularity of jazz, but also by attacks on convention in many areas of American life. (See flappers and Roaring Twenties.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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