eighty-eighth

[ ey-tee-eytth, -eyth ]

/ ˈeɪ tiˈeɪtθ, -ˈeɪθ /

next after the eighty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 88.

being one of 88 equal parts.

an eighty-eighth part, especially of one (1/88).

the eighty-eighth member of a series.

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Alexey Sergeitch died in his eighty-eighth year—in the year 1848, which apparently disturbed even him.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories|Ivan Turgenev
He was the last of the brothers of President Young, and died in his eighty-eighth year.
Wilford Woodruff|Matthias F. Cowley
He was born at Exeter in 1763, and consequently was in his eighty-eighth year.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851|Various
The gallant Eighty-eighth will never mistake their countryman's voice.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2)|Charles Lever

After passing the eighty-eighth parallel there was a notable change in our shadows.
My Attainment of the Pole|Frederick A. Cook