eighty-seven

[ey-tee-sev-uhn]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 87 or LXXXVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 87 in number.

eighty-seven

noun

1. cricket a score traditionally regarded as being unlucky

Word History and Origins

Origin of eighty-seven¹

possibly because 13 less than a century