thirty-three
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 30 plus 3.
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a symbol for this number, as 33 or XXXIII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of thirty-three
C20: so called because it is played at thirty-three and a third revolutions per minute
Example Sentences
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They found, too, that only thirty three per cent of children born to immigrant parents are born to single mothers, compared to forty-two per cent of children born to Americans.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 21, 2019
Overall there have been thirty three marathons and a massive £450 million made, making it the biggest yearly fund raising event worldwide.
From Children's BBC • Apr. 12, 2014
“I dont know. We going to have thirty three candles on a cake, anyway. Little cake. Wont hardly hold them. Hush up. Come on back here.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
He charged me ten thousand dollars for the job, but I figure it out that it has saved me six hundred and thirty three million dollars.
From Half-Hours with the Idiot by Bangs, John Kendrick
In the Orinoco alone, in three principal hatching places, it has been calculated that at least thirty three millions are annually destroyed for the making of tortoise-butter!
From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne
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