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five-and-twenty

five-and-twenty numeral: twenty-five.

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five-and-twenty

  1. (archaic) Twenty-five.
    • Having brought it to a close, he took his way to the Kursaal. The great German watering-place is one of the prettiest nooks in Europe, and of a summer evening in the gaming days, five-and-twenty years ago, it was one of the most brilliant scenes.1879, Henry James, chapter III, in Confidence, London: Chatto & Windus

Questions about five-and-twenty

What does five-and-twenty mean?
Five-and-twenty means twenty-five.
What part of speech is five-and-twenty?
Five-and-twenty is a numeral.

Words near five-and-twenty in the dictionary

  1. five-alarm
  2. five-and-dime
  3. five-and-dimes
  4. five-and-ten
  5. five-and-tens
  6. five-and-twenty
  7. five-and-under
  8. five-bar gate
  9. five-bar gates
  10. five-bar swordtail
  11. five-bar swordtails

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