Jazz Age

noun

1. 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.

jazz age

noun

1. 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

Jazz Age

1. 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 .)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jazz Age¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jazz Age¹

C20: popularized by F. Scott Fitzgerald , who called a collection of his short stories Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)

Example Sentences

Appointment in Samarra is an unlikely hybrid, a Jazz-Age novel set amidst the early throes of the Depression.

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The Daily Beast talked with designer Caroline McCall about dressing the characters on the cusp of the Jazz Age.

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