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Turn of the century   /tərn əv ðə sˈɛntʃəri/   Listen
Turn of the century

noun
1.
The period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century.






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"Turn of the century" Quotes from Famous Books



... passing one another in the streets or the fields, they see bodies and hear voices, but it does not really matter—they are disconnected, psychically lost. Is this due to the particular circumstances of small-town America as Anderson saw it at the turn of the century? Or does he feel that he is sketching an inescapable human condition which makes all of us bear the burden of loneliness? Alice Hindman in the story "Adventure" turns her face to the wall and tries "to force herself to face the fact that many people ...
— Winesburg, Ohio • Sherwood Anderson



Words linked to "Turn of the century" :   age, historic period



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