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

Square-built and direct of speech, with ears like miniature satellite dishes, Moody runs a team of eighty-seven chemists, biologists, food scientists, and support staff, developing field rations for all five branches of the military.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

They made their burger sustainable: the Impossible Burger requires eighty-seven per cent less water and ninety-six per cent less land than a cowburger, and its production generates eighty-nine per cent less G.H.G. emissions.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 23, 2019

I came in from the garden, eighty-seven kicks of the garden shed wiser, but I couldn’t make myself heard.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd