seventy-ninth

[sev-uh n-tee-nahynth]

adjective

next after the seventy-eighth; being the ordinal number for 79.
being one of 79 equal parts.

noun

a seventy-ninth part, especially of one (1/79).
the seventy-ninth member of a series.

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Examples from the Web for seventy-ninth

Historical Examples of seventy-ninth

Seventy-ninth and Eighty-sixth Streets blurred past without a sign.
The Professor's Mystery
Wells Hastings
I am now living on borrowed time, being in my seventy-ninth year.
Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured
Chas. Cluthe & Sons
Someone in the rear of the houses in Seventy-ninth Street might observe the silhouettes.
The Drums Of Jeopardy
Harold MacGrath
In his seventy-ninth year the former tradesman sat down to count deliberately his moral gains.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2)
Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Then, quickly recovering himself, he added, "And now we shall conclude the service by singing the seventy-ninth hymn."
The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land
Ralph Connor