sixty-six

[siks-tee-siks]

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.

Example Sentences

“By the by, England totally deserved the Cup in sixty-six.”

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He is sixty-six when he writes the final entry in his final notebook.

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The 1955 Washington Square tournament included sixty-six players of all different strengths and talents.

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But now, at the advanced age of sixty-six, was it not natural to expect some semblance of serenity?

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I was in first grade and could tell you that that was sixty-six books to complete over the year.

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