Twenty-first Amendment: Meaning and Definition of

Twen'ty-first' Amend'ment

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  1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, providing for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, which had outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
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