sixty-first

[ siks-tee-furst ]

/ ˈsɪks tiˈfɜrst /

next after the sixtieth; being the ordinal number for 61.

being one of 61 equal parts.

a sixty-first part, especially of one (1/61).

the sixty-first member of a series.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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You must taxi up to Sixty-first Street with us, and just glance at the house, or we shall be so hurt.
The Second Latchkey|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
The Sixty-first saw an unusual amount of active service and hard fighting.
Personal Recollections of the War of 1861|Charles Augustus Fuller
The 4th of July, the sixty-first anniversary of American independence!
Diary in America, Series One|Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
In the charge that we made we were to be supported by the Sixty-first North Carolina.
History of Kershaw's Brigade|D. Augustus Dickert

In 1778 he lost his wife, after thirty-nine years of conjugal felicity, in the sixty-first year of her age.
Curious Epitaphs|William Andrews