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.

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adjective

1. amounting to 66 in number.

Example Sentences

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

Doubts have climbed, parallel to an increasing number of exonerations, which number a hundred and sixty-six since 1973, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 4, 2019

In 1972, the park had sixty-six species of mammals, all but one of those present in 1850.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2019

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

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis