forty-second

[ fawr-tee-sek-uh nd ]

/ ˈfɔr tiˈsɛk ənd /

next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.

being one of 42 equal parts.

a forty-second part, especially of one (1/42).

the forty-second member of a series.

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I saw the Emir afterwards in Samarcand; he is in the forty-second year of his age, of middle stature, somewhat corpulent.
Travels in Central Asia|Arminius Vmbry
The hearing was to be held in one of the big conference rooms on the forty-second floor.
Day of the Moron|Henry Beam Piper
He had been without employment for over eight months when I met him, and had just passed his forty-second year.
Notes of an Itinerant Policeman|Josiah Flynt
There is that really august being of matinee-idol figure at—well, let us say at Forty-second Street.
Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday

With this remark, we parted at Broadway and Forty-second Street, and went to our respective homes.
Quintus Oakes|Charles Ross Jackson