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eighty-seventh

[ ey-tee-sev-uh nth ]

/ ˈeɪ tiˈsɛv ənθ /

adjective

next after the eighty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 87.

being one of 87 equal parts.

noun

an eighty-seventh part, especially of one (1/87).

the eighty-seventh member of a series.

Words nearby eighty-seventh

eighty-niner, eighty-ninth, eighty-one, eighty-second, eighty-seven, eighty-seventh, eighty-six, eighty-sixth, eighty-third, eighty-three, eighty-two

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Examples from the Web for eighty-seventh

The occasion was the eighty-seventh birthday of my mother, who still lives near the old homestead.
Reminiscences|Hans Mattson
In other respects it was about the same as below the eighty-seventh.
My Attainment of the Pole|Frederick A. Cook
He died on the 9th October 1856, in his eighty-seventh year.
The Retrospect|Ada Cambridge
Hobbes, the English philosopher, published his version of the Odyssey in his eighty-seventh year, and his Iliad one year later.
The Majesty of Calmness|William George Jordan

Mother lived until her eighty-seventh year, weary, sad years for her.
Old Plantation Days|Mrs. N. B. De Saussure

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