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sixty-six

American  
[siks-tee-siks] / ˈsɪks tiˈsɪks /

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 6.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 66 or LXVI.

  3. a set of this many persons or things.

  4. 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

  1. amounting to 66 in number.

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One-hundred and sixty-six days ago, the Chargers opened training camp with a rookie head coach and the typical fresh-start optimism, but no certainty where they’d end up.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2022

Three hundred sixty-six days later here the Cardinals come again with the Seahawks again reeling, though this time to a greater degree — losers of four of their past five and 3-6 overall.

From Seattle Times Nov. 19, 2021

Regina, who was born in Italy, now lives with her husband of sixty-six years in a retirement community in upstate New York.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2019

Stoddard died in 1950, at the age of sixty-six.

From The New Yorker Aug. 19, 2019

She returned to her home in New Jersey in 1881, when she was sixty-six years old.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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