sixty-six

[ siks-tee-siks ]

/ ˈsɪks tiˈsɪks /

noun

a cardinal number, 60 plus 6.

a symbol for this number, as 66 or LXVI.

a set of this many persons or things.

a card game that is played by two players with a 24-card pack made by removing all cards below the nines from a regular 52-card pack, the object being to score 66 points before one's opponent.

adjective

amounting to 66 in number.

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advocate

to give up possession or occupancy of.

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to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.

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Words nearby sixty-six

sixty-ninth, sixty-one, sixty-second, sixty-seven, sixty-seventh, sixty-six, sixty-sixth, sixty-third, sixty-three, sixty-two, sixtypenny

Example sentences from the Web for sixty-six

Sixty-six years and many generations later, that is still the case.
Inside the Gaza Schoolyard Massacre|Jesse Rosenfeld|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This past year the Social Security Administration informed me that my retirement age was sixty-six.
Diane Keaton Refuses to Give In to Aging|Diane Keaton|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sixty-six percent say it is important for an independent to run for president.
Not Too Late for Americans Elect to Win 2012 Presidential Election|Doug Schoen|February 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Sixty-six percent of senators and 41 percent of House members have a net worth of more than $1 million, she pointed out.
News Reports Spur Legislators to Discuss Ending Insider Trading in Congress|Daniel Stone|December 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Sixty-six percent of women under 18 who become pregnant and whose partners are six or more years older practice contraception.
Do Cougar Couples Survive?|Anneli Rufus|September 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And she shall remain in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Joseph Story died in the month of September, 1845, aged sixty-six.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 1 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
In the case of the metallic electrode, if resistance is used, the cost of running this arc is sixty-six cents per hour.
Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting|Harold P. Manly
As president of the company he secured the building of the road from Red Wing to Waterville, about sixty-six miles.
Fifty Years In The Northwest|William Henry Carman Folsom

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