seven-seven
7-7 or 7/7
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noun
the 7th of July 2005, the day on which a series of suicide bombings were carried out on the London public transport system by Islamic fundamentalists
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Word Origin for seven-seven
C21: by analogy with nine-eleven
Words nearby seven-seven
sevenpenny, sevens, Seven Sages, seven seas, seven-segment display, seven-seven, Seven Sleepers, seven-spot, seventeen, seventeenth, Seventeenth Amendment
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How to use seven-seven in a sentence
But a triple iteration of the number 7, simply saying 'Seven seven seven,' would be even more rememberable.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)|Thomas De QuinceyFive to six—six to seven—seven to eight—eight to nine—nine to ten—ten to eleven.
The 'Mind the Paint' Girl|Arthur PineroThe rotational speed of Earth at this latitude is seven-seven-eight.
Space Tug|Murray Leinster