Definitions
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- adjective nonstandard
twenty-first - noun A fractional part of twenty-one
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Examples
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I can recall playing with this word as a child, and saying such things as twenty-oneth and twenty-twoth.
Archive 2008-11-01 DC 2008
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I can recall playing with this word as a child, and saying such things as twenty-oneth and twenty-twoth.
On twoth DC 2008
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Why, you're old enough to be her father, and more tew -- Melissy ain't only in her twenty-oneth year.
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Various 1900
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Why, you're old enough to be her father, and more, tew; Melissy ain't only in her twenty-oneth year.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Various 1887
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