Away went Gilpin, neck or nought;
Away went hat and wig;
He little dreamt, when he set out,
Of running such a rig

Leaving John Gilpin to his death-defying trip from the Angel, Islington, to the Bell, Edmonton, there remains a question.

Outside of the press (as today's Times, passim) did anyone ever refer to the last decade as:
The Noughties?
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