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sixty-six
[ siks-tee-siks ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 60 plus 6.
- a symbol for this number, as 66 or LXVI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a card game that is played by two players with a 24-card pack made by removing all cards below the nines from a regular 52-card pack, the object being to score 66 points before one's opponent.
adjective
- amounting to 66 in number.
Example Sentences
Sixty-six years and many generations later, that is still the case.
One hundred sixty-six Republicans supported it, with 50 opposed.
This past year the Social Security Administration informed me that my retirement age was sixty-six.
Sixty-six percent say it is important for an independent to run for president.
Sixty-six percent of senators and 41 percent of House members have a net worth of more than $1 million, she pointed out.
The coal burnt under the boiler gives a duty of sixty-six millions, or an expansion of 60 per cent.
There were one hundred and thirty-one delegates present at this convention, representing sixty-six counties and corporations.
On September 14 the conquering army lost sixty-six officers and eleven hundred and four men.
On a division, the first reading of the bill was carried by a majority of four hundred and sixty-six to eighty-nine.
About one in every sixty-six individuals belongs to the priesthood.
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