sixty-six
[siks-tee-siks]
- 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.
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- amounting to 66 in number.
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Examples from the Web for sixty-six
Contemporary Examples
Sixty-six years and many generations later, that is still the case.
This past year the Social Security Administration informed me that my retirement age was sixty-six.
Sixty-six percent say it is important for an independent to run for president.
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 CongressDaniel Stone
December 2, 2011
Sixty-six percent of women under 18 who become pregnant and whose partners are six or more years older practice contraception.
Historical Examples
Round and round it goes, and every time it goes round, sixty-six people die.
Things as They AreAmy Wilson-Carmichael
Last week I stood in a house where another of those sixty-six had passed.
Things as They AreAmy Wilson-Carmichael
To be exact, it is sixty-six miles from the former city and two hundred from the latter.
Aztec LandMaturin M. Ballou
The text is printed in two columns with sixty-six lines to a column.
The Facts About ShakespeareWilliam Allan Nielson
Columbus sailed with three ships, the largest sixty-six feet long.
Evening Round UpWilliam Crosbie Hunter