Gay Nineties
Proper noun
Meaning
the Gay Nineties
(US) The decade of the 1890s, characterised by decadence, social scandal, and the beginning of the suffragette movement.
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Examples
That day five years ago, still panting from our dig through Clifton’s upper floors, Meieran stationed himself in a stuffy carpeted space once lined with crimson flocked wallpaper that paid tribute to the Gay Nineties.