eighty-eight
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 80 plus 8.
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a symbol for this number, as 88 or LXXXVIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
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Slang. the keys of a piano or the piano itself.
tickle the old eighty-eight.
adjective
Example Sentences
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Andrew, eighty-eight, is a good example of a Denier.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019
Hugh, eighty-eight, a Christian Scientist living in Connecticut, is another amazingly healthy person.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019
One flew two hundred and eighty-eight combat missions in Vietnam; another, now in his seventies, served as a combat medic, and still carries a pocketknife in case he has to perform an emergency tracheotomy.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 14, 2019
The list for Texas named two hundred and eighty-six priests, the list for New Jersey a hundred and eighty-eight priests.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2019
Charles and Kate had been together for five years, three hundred and eighty-eight séances.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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