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

Approximately eighty-seven thousand messages waited for me, most from Lorren, a couple from strangers.

From Literature

How in the eighty-seven moons had he survived?

From Literature

“But I’m optimistic, so I’d rate your chances around...eighty-seven percent.”

From Literature

“Thirty-eight thousand, three hundred and eighty-seven,” he said one last time.

From Los Angeles Times

But when old Master Nkrumah, age eighty-seven, had begun referring to the Greater Jungle as “her,” that had been the last straw.

From Literature