eighty-seven

American  

[ey-tee-sev-uhn] / ˈeɪ tiˈsɛv ən /

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.

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adjective

1. amounting to 87 in number.

eighty-seven British  

noun

1. cricket a score traditionally regarded as being unlucky

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Etymology

Origin of eighty-seven

possibly because 13 less than a century

Example Sentences

Two hundred eighty-seven homeless people took their last breath on the sidewalk, 24 died in alleys and 72 were found on the pavement, according to data from the county coroner.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022

Three hundred and eighty-seven days after Broadway went dark, a faint light started to glimmer on Saturday.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2021

On Wall Street, the consensus forecast had been for job growth of a hundred and eighty-seven thousand, which in itself would have been a pretty strong number.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2019

They made their burger sustainable: the Impossible Burger requires eighty-seven per cent less water and ninety-six per cent less land than a cowburger, and its production generates eighty-nine per cent less G.H.G. emissions.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 23, 2019

For Mae Tuck, and her husband, and Miles and Jesse, too, had all looked exactly the same for eighty-seven years.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit