seven-seven

7-7 or 7/7

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

seven-card stud, seven-eleven, seven-inch, seven-league boots, seven-segment display, seven-seven, seven-spot, seven-up, seven-year itch, sevenbark, sevener
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