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turn-of-the-century
adjective
turn-of-the-century
[
only before noun
]
existing or happening around the beginning of a century, especially the beginning of the 20th century
[↪
fin de siècle
]
:
narrow turn-of-the-century streets
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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