Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game of cards played, generally by two persons, with 24 cards, the ace, ten, king, queen, knave, and nine ranking in the order named.
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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingsixty-five and precedingsixty-seven .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being six more than sixty
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Examples
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Miss Ferenczi tells the students that as soon as their regular teacher returns, six times eleven will be sixty-six again, you can rest assured.
'Gryphon: New and Selected Stories,' by Charles Baxter: Short but potent 2011
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Miss Ferenczi tells the students that as soon as their regular teacher returns, six times eleven will be sixty-six again, you can rest assured.
'Gryphon: New and Selected Stories,' by Charles Baxter: Short but potent 2011
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Many, many people came to pay respects to a couple who had served their community together for the sixty-six years they were married.
The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011
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At that time I shall be sixty-six years old, which can be very old, or not.
william saroyan | part II « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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Over an eighty-four-year period 1921-2003, the Yankees finished with a better regular-season record than the Red Sox an amazing sixty-six times.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Over an eighty-four-year period 1921-2003, the Yankees finished with a better regular-season record than the Red Sox an amazing sixty-six times.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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He lived on the Jack London ranch from the age of ten until he died sixty-six years later.
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Many, many people came to pay respects to a couple who had served their community together for the sixty-six years they were married.
The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011
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Many, many people came to pay respects to a couple who had served their community together for the sixty-six years they were married.
The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011
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At that time I shall be sixty-six years old, which can be very old, or not.
January « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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