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seven-seven

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noun

  1. the 7th of July 2005, the day on which a series of suicide bombings were carried out on the London public transport system by Islamic fundamentalists

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Etymology

Origin of seven-seven

C21: by analogy with nine-eleven

Example Sentences

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His combover has a disturbing unnatural sheen and those overgrown eyebrows are an unfortunate reminder that, as he told the magistrate judge in Washington a few weeks ago, his age is "seven-seven."

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023

I don't know wheer I'm boun' for, ��� It hardlins can be Heaven; I've sinned more sins nor most men ��� 'Twixt one an' seven-seven.

From Songs of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William

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