twenty-fourth
[ twen-tee-fawrth, -fohrth, twuhn- ]
adjective
next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
being one of 24 equal parts.
noun
a twenty-fourth part, especially of one (1/24).
the twenty-fourth member of a series.
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How to use twenty-fourth in a sentence
This excellent young man perished in the twenty-fourth year of his age.
History of Prince Edward Island | Duncan CampbellThe next morning was a Sunday, the twenty-fourth of September.
Emily Bront | A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) RobinsonThe twenty-third hour is therefore subject to Jupiter, and the twenty-fourth to Mars.
On the afternoon of January twenty-fourth, Superintendent Marshall was inspecting the tail-race of the mill.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard GlazierOn the twenty-fourth of August, St. Bartholomew's day, the plot broke out in an awful massacre.
History of the English People | John Richard Green
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