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1810s

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1810s pl (plural only)

  1. The decade from 1810 to 1819.
    • 2009 January 23, Eve M. Kahn, “Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely.”, in The New York Times[1]:
      [] British potters in Liverpool treasonously inscribed pro-American slogans on 1810s pitchers for the lucrative export trade ($2,000 to $6,000 at William R. and Teresa F. Kurau).
    • 2010 October 29, Anand Giridharadas, “America and the ‘Fun’ Generation”, in The New York Times[2]:
      From the 1810s to the 2000s, the frequency of “achievement” in written American English grew elevenfold, according to a search of the Corpus of Historical American English, a database of 107,000 newspapers, magazines, novels, plays and film scripts.
    • 2010 December 9, Eve M. Kahn, “Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture”, in The New York Times[3]:
      In 2003, at Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, an 1810s mahogany armoire inlaid with ribbons and vines brought $140,000 (the presale estimate was $30,000 to $50,000).

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