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- noun The
century that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1999. Approximately equal to thetwentieth century . - noun rare The
decade that began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1909. Thenoughties .
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- noun the decade from 1900 to 1909
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Examples
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As somebody born and raised in Chicago with both my parents born in Chicago in the early 1900s is is despicable the way the right maligns the entire city and its residents.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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And finally there’s CHERI, a period piece set in 1900s Paris where an aging courtesan (played by the still hot Michelle Pfeiffer) and a flamboyant young man (played by some British dude named Rupert Friend) near the end of their affair.
Flixnjoystix.com! » This Week@The Movies! A Quick Look At The Weekend’s Cinematic Offerings! 2009
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Edwardian Society Pt I: Politics Society in the 1900s was a far more complicated ...
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Edwardian Society Pt I: Politics Society in the 1900s was a far more complicated ...
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Society in the 1900s was a far more complicated affair than at any other time in history.
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Edwardian Society Pt I: Politics Society in the 1900s was a far more complicated ...
Edwardian Society Pt 2: The Marlborough House Set | Edwardian Promenade 2007
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Society in the 1900s was a far more complicated affair than at any other time in history.
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No one is calling the 1900s the Century of the Book.
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If the 1900s were the American century, the 2000s will most likely be the Chinese/Indian century.
Our Diplomats' Arabic Handicap JDsg 2005
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For my parents and other babyboomers it was an unhappy time with economists predicting that the 1900s could be the worst decade since the Great Depression.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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