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turn of the century

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Noun1.turn of the century - the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new centuryturn of the century - the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century
historic period, age - an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"


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IN the 1960s visitors to the Black Bull hotel at Wark, near Bellingham, could pay a penny to hear a selection of songs that were popular at the turn of the century played on the forerunner of a juke box.
This change took place within the context of, and as part of, the economic and political changes that Texas as a whole was undergoing at the turn of the century, he says.
King of the Bowery is an unforgettable look at the seamy side of turn of the century New York politics, as well as the roguish life and times of an amazingly charismatic (albeit morally questionable) public figure.
 
 
 
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