Definitions
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- noun The cardinal number immediately following
ninety-eight and preceding onehundred . - noun countable A
traditional British ice cream cone with aflaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made withsoft serve . - noun uncountable A simple
card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine.
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- adjective being nine more than ninety
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Examples
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Ho-ho-ho, ninety-nine bottles of love on the wall; ninety-nine bottles of love.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Do a quick search online for the phrase “get six-pack abs,” and you will get more than a million results; try “weight loss,” and you will get more than ninety-nine million results.
Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011
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The middle-class continues to flounder under the weight of years of Republican policies -- policies that consigned wealth from ninety-nine percent of the American population, to the one-percent of wealthiest Americans.
Shahid Mahmood: The Total Sum of Tiny Pushes Shahid Mahmood 2011
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If we want to learn a given language, the non-autodidacts among us ninety-nine times out of a hundred will prefer to learn from a native speaker.
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However, the recognition that the "ninety-nine percent" are the true seat of political power loosens the chokehold our mainstream media has placed on this nation's conversation for over thirty years.
Adam Klugman: Mainstream Media... Occupy This! Adam Klugman 2011
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Do a quick search online for the phrase “get six-pack abs,” and you will get more than a million results; try “weight loss,” and you will get more than ninety-nine million results.
Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011
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“Ninety-eight . . . ninety-nine . . . one hundred!”
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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I believe that writing is ninety-nine percent perspiration and one percent inspiration, but for inspiration to hit you have to be at your desk writing, whether or not you're in the mood.
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“Ninety-eight . . . ninety-nine . . . one hundred!”
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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However, the recognition that the "ninety-nine percent" are the true seat of political power loosens the chokehold our mainstream media has placed on this nation's conversation for over thirty years.
Adam Klugman: Mainstream Media... Occupy This! Adam Klugman 2011
sionnach commented on the word ninety-nine
a soft-serve ice-cream cone served with a Cadbury's milk flake stuck into it
March 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the word ninety-nine
Not to mention, Maxwell Smart's foxy sidekick.
March 22, 2007