fifty-seventh

[ fif-tee-sev-uhnth ]

adjective

1. next after the fifty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 57.
2. being one of 57 equal parts.

noun

1. a fifty-seventh part, especially of one (1/57).
2. the fifty-seventh member of a series.

Example Sentences

He was passing Fifty-seventh Street; he recognized the neighborhood he traversed so often in visiting Ruby.

From Project Gutenberg

Palmer's death took place on the Liverpool stage, August 2, 1798; he was in the fifty-seventh year of his age.

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In his fifty-seventh year Marshall set out at the head of the expedition, and a thorough piece of work he did.

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He died February 8, 1617, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.

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He died on the 29th day of August, 1818, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.

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