eighty-eighth
[ey-tee-eytth, -eyth]
- next after the eighty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 88.
- being one of 88 equal parts.
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- an eighty-eighth part, especially of one (1/88).
- the eighty-eighth member of a series.
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The gallant Eighty-eighth will never mistake their countryman's voice.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2)Charles Lever
Conversation revealed to me the fact that he was then in his eighty-eighth year.
The Higher Powers of Mind and SpiritRalph Waldo Trine
He was the last of the brothers of President Young, and died in his eighty-eighth year.
Wilford WoodruffMatthias F. Cowley
He passed away September 23, 1913, when in his eighty-eighth year.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)William Denison Lyman
After passing the eighty-eighth parallel there was a notable change in our shadows.
My Attainment of the PoleFrederick A. Cook