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

Not Charlize Theron, or the ghost of Marlene Dietrich, but a paunchy Russian widower of eighty-seven, with a birthmark on his scalp.

From The New Yorker • May 3, 2019

In all, the personal data of eighty-seven million people had been harvested.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018

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