twentieths
- plural of twentieth.
Example Sentences
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Oates had obtained his liberty, his pardon, and a pension which made him a much richer man than nineteen twentieths of the members of that profession of which he was the disgrace.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
This interest was, however, taxed by the government for the two twentieths.
From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)
It was then settled by dividing the amount into twentieths, of which the Jefferson County Bank should have eight, the Black River, four, Hungerford’s, three, the Bank of Watertown, three, and Wooster Sherman’s two.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward
In France, "in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, nineteen twentieths of those who were 166called nobles were middle-class men enriched, decorated, and possessed of land."
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
Far from it, nineteen twentieths of all our words are so common that they require no proof at all of legitimacy.
From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.
