twenty-firster en · NOUN
Etymology
From twenty-first + -er.
Meanings
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(informal) A person's 21st birthday.
On his twenty-firster his father, in a characteristic gesture, had given him an Indian servant, and when Sandys was at the Embassy in Berlin, this splendid creature appeared at his dinner parties in a long white coat, rows of medals […]
1954, Labour Research, volume 43, page 188:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| twenty-firsters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |