sixty-six
- 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.
- amounting to 66 in number.
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Contemporary Examples of sixty-six
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 of sixty-six
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