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noun
The second decade of a century: the 1910s, the 2010s, etc. The tens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonce-word, plural, plural-only
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History
From one + -ties (“plural of -ty”), in imitation of the names of other decades (twenties, thirties, etc).
Across languages
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