Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A .38-caliber revolver.
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- noun The
cardinal number immediately followingthirty-seven and precedingthirty-nine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being eight more than thirty
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Examples
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By 2006, after a series of amendments, the law protected 165 rivers in thirty-eight states, including the Snake River in Idaho, the Black Butte in California, and the Musconetcong in New Jersey.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Democrats picked up thirty-eight seats in Congress, so that in 1965 we convened holding a two-thirds majority in the House and a staggering margin of sixty-eight to thirty-two in the Senate.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Democrats picked up thirty-eight seats in Congress, so that in 1965 we convened holding a two-thirds majority in the House and a staggering margin of sixty-eight to thirty-two in the Senate.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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By 2006, after a series of amendments, the law protected 165 rivers in thirty-eight states, including the Snake River in Idaho, the Black Butte in California, and the Musconetcong in New Jersey.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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By 2006, after a series of amendments, the law protected 165 rivers in thirty-eight states, including the Snake River in Idaho, the Black Butte in California, and the Musconetcong in New Jersey.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Lyons estimates that in Philadelphia alone, in the years 1767 to 1776, one in roughly thirty-eight adults was parent to an illegitimate child.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Democrats picked up thirty-eight seats in Congress, so that in 1965 we convened holding a two-thirds majority in the House and a staggering margin of sixty-eight to thirty-two in the Senate.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would turn thirty-eight years old in April of that season.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Anxious, tense and fatigued from a cross-country flight and their epic struggle a mere thirty-eight hours earlier, both teams began the game blowing easy layup opportunities.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Completely frustrated by everything green and lugging slowly up and down the court, a dispirited Abdul-Jabbar was made to look his age thirty-eight by Parish, who motored from baseline to baseline.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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