eighty-eight
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 80 plus 8.
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a symbol for this number, as 88 or LXXXVIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
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Slang. the keys of a piano or the piano itself.
tickle the old eighty-eight.
adjective
Example Sentences
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O’Brien, who is eighty-eight, recently told me that she may yet write “some little poem, or fragments,” but almost certainly couldn’t manage another novel.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
Hugh, eighty-eight, a Christian Scientist living in Connecticut, is another amazingly healthy person.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2019
Andrew, eighty-eight, is a good example of a Denier.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2019
According to a chalkboard on the wall, the gilets jaunes of Saint-Macaire had a thousand and forty euros and eighty-eight centimes to their name.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
He was a little doddery and flat-footed, but he walked reasonably well for a man of eighty-eight.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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