Definition of "1880s" []

• The decade from 1880 to 1889. (noun)

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• "After the initial surge as Victorian and Albert produced their 9 children, the average annual increase since the mid-1880s is 2.6% (one can detect perhaps several phases here - a 4% annual rate from 1885 to 1915, then a drop below 2% to 1956, then a sudden surge back up to 3.5% to 1969, and from then on a fairly steady 1.9%)."
• ""ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST," Catholic University theater students perform Lillian Hellman's story of a dysfunctional family in 1880s Alabama."
• "Recently I was explaining to my writers’ group why I enjoy writing historical fiction; my current piece is about gender roles and sexual politics in 1880s England."