See twentysomething in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"rare"
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"word": "vingtenaire"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "aged between twenty and twenty-nine",
"word": "veinteañero"
}
],
"word": "twentysomething"
}
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"2": "twenty",
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"form": "twenty-something",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"glosses": [
"Between twenty and thirty."
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "between twenty and twenty-nine",
"word": "veintitantos"
}
],
"word": "twentysomething"
}
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