Meanings
- pluralplural onlyThe decade from 1810 to 1819.
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).
2010 December 9, Eve M. Kahn, “Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Jun 20202 more examples
[…] 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).
2009 January 23, Eve M. Kahn, “Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2020From 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 October 29, Anand Giridharadas, “America and the ‘Fun’ Generation”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021
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