Jazz Age
noun
the period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity, liberated or hedonistic social behavior, Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor, and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated ballroom dances.
Origin of Jazz Age
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example sentences from the Web for jazz age
Appointment in Samarra is an unlikely hybrid, a Jazz-Age novel set amidst the early throes of the Depression.
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British Dictionary definitions for jazz age
jazz age
noun
the jazz age (often capitals)
(esp in the US) the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression during which jazz became popular
Word Origin for jazz age
C20: popularized by F. Scott
Fitzgerald, who called a collection of his short stories
Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)
Cultural definitions for jazz age
Jazz Age
The 1920s in the United States, a decade marked not only by the popularity of jazz, but also by attacks on convention in many areas of American life. (See flappers and Roaring Twenties.)