1760s

See: FLIP-FLOP, SLIPSHOD. bored: Being bored [a term which appeared suddenly, out of nowhere, among the smart set in the 1760s] is the condition — which Guy Debord called the "worst enemy of revolutionary activity" — of being too restless to concentrate, but too apathetic to bust a move.

Boing Boing 2008

Roughly 40 percent of the taverns in Boston during the 1760s were owned by women.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

In fact, only three women were prosecuted for prostitution in Philadelphia in the 1760s and 1770s.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Its interiors, which have changed little since its completion in the 1760s, are one of the best examples of Robert Adam's work.

Georgian architecture: examples from the era 2011

In the 1760s even the educated and sophisticated occupied a world bristling with ghosts and omens.

The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor – review Clare Clark 2010

The peasants-have-no-bread story was in common currency at least since the 1760s as an illustration of the decadence of the aristocracy.

Unfair to Marie Antionette 2009

But then again, Georgetown is home to the second oldest community of Jews in South Carolina with a presence extending back to at least the 1760s, and Fraser's own mother was born a Cohen with rumors of a Jewish ancestor or owner in her past.

Megan Smolenyak: Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Fraser Robinson Megan Smolenyak 2012

The origins of the four-day royal meeting, or Ascot Week, evolved later in the mid 1760s.

A Week at the Races William Lyons 2011

But then again, Georgetown is home to the second oldest community of Jews in South Carolina with a presence extending back to at least the 1760s, and Fraser's own mother was born a Cohen with rumors of a Jewish ancestor or owner in her past.

Megan Smolenyak: Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Fraser Robinson Megan Smolenyak 2012

If the British had tried this approach in the 1760s instead of imposing new taxes on the colonies, this debate might be happening in Parliament today instead of Congress.

Don't Cut You, Don't Cut Me, Cut the Fellow Over There 2011